History

• Mansa Musa is considered the richest person in history, with his enormous wealth gained from gold mining and trade of goods like salt, cloth, and slaves.
• Mali is very powerful and wealthy
• Mali traded gold
• Timbuktu is in Africa
• Sahara desert in north from Timbuktu
• during the day the desert is hot
• at night the desert becomes very cold
• the nearest ocean to Timbuktu is the Athlantic ocean
• the nearest river to Timbuktu is the Niger river
• gold and salt were minerals found in Timbuktu
• Traders from Timbuktu crrossed the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe
• The trade route to Asia went north east toward cairo
• Mecca is a holy Islamif city in Arabia
• A camel was used to transport people and goods in the desert
• Camel caravan: a procession of camels travelling together in a single file
• Navigate: to find the way carefully and safetly
• people sue camels to travel across the desert because their feet are very strong and can handle the heat, they can carry heavy loads, they can go awhile without getting hungry
• Camels are sometimes called the ships of the desert because they can transport goods
• slaves were sold at a market
• people traded sheep for slaves
• slaves were in high demand
• slaves were I’ll treated
• slaves existed in west africa
• salves were taken to Europe in the 11th century
• Mali traded across the Sahara desert
• Mali was most powerful between 1200 and 1450
• a camel caravan is a large group of camels that are used to transport goods between 2 points
• the king of Mali taxed the goods that were imported and exported
• the king of Mali kept all the gold nuggets
• mansa musa allowed gold dust to be traded
• Salted was mines deep in the Sahara near the town of TaGaza in North Africa
• slabs of salt were imported to Timbuktu to taghaza
• Swords , iron, copper , cloth, silk and horses were brought into Mali from north africa
• The Middle East exchanged for slaves, ivory , and ostrich feathers
• Criminals and prisoners of war were often sold as slaves in market places in Timbuktu
• A camel can carry more than a donkey
• camels can drink over 100 litres of water at a a time
• a camel can go without water for up to 9 days
• A camel can handle the heat without perspirping
• A prophet is someone who is believed to explain the will of god