Mali

MALI

 * ======POLITICAL======

|| ====== Mansa Musa- King who made flamboyant Hajj to Mecca in 1324. Gave away so much gold that its value decreased 10-25 % ======

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 * ======ECONOMIC======

|| ====== Height of the trans-Saharan trade route ======

Mansa Musa was extremely wealthy
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 * ====== RELIGIOUS ======

|| ====== Islam changed when it came to Mali. Mansa Musa spread Islam by building Mosques and Islamic buildings, preached Islam during his Hajj to Mecca. ====== ||
 * ====== SOCIAL ======

|| ====== 40-50 million people at the peak. Transatlantic Slave Trade was the worst kind of slavery, same kind of slavery as before but in huge numbers. Because only men were slaves it created a gender-ratio imbalance. ====== ||
 * ====== INTELLECTUAL, artS ======

|| ====== We get our Mali history from Griots (story tellers) ====== ||
 * ====== NEAR: GEOGRAPHY ======

|| ====== Muslim society south central of the Sahara. Replaced Ghana as an empire ====== ||