Herds of animals brought by the Almoravids ate all the grass, leaving the land worthless.
He took power away from local chiefs and leaders including important religious powers.
Timbuktu became the center of the empire.
Muslim
Several catastrophic droughts destroyed croplands and created famine.
a process in which people trade and exchange goods without direct contact.
He outlawed all religions except Islam.
Silent barter ensured that trading was peaceful and that locations of mines remained secret.
Allowing angry miners to keep their own religion.
Iron tools made farming easier and weapons much stronger.
Muslims who attacked Ghana and destroyed Koumbi Saleh.
They built powerful armies so they could conquer more territories.
Local leaders who held both political and religious roles in Malian society.
They delegated power to the governor's who then answered only to the king.
It gained control of the valuable trade routes.
He was a kind and caring leader, often talking to his people and treating them with respect.
Mansa Musa
They were smart businessmen who took advantage of opportunities.
Both empires lay on the Niger River where the fertile soil made food plentiful.
He became famous and introduced the world to the Mali Empire.
Ghana's farmers and herders could produce plenty of food.
It was located between the gold mines in the south and valuable salt resources in the north.
People needed salt in their diets and they used it to preserve and season foods.
Koumbi Saleh
Malian ancestors made an agreement with spirits of the land who made sure food grew.
How did Ghana's kings use the tax and tribute money they collected?
Which of the following shows Mansa Musa's promotion of religious tolerance?
Silent barter is what?
How did Ghana become such a powerful state?
Why was salt so valuable?
Who was Mali's greatest and most famous ruler?
How did Ghana's kings govern such a large empire?
What best explains the usefulness of the practice silent barter?
What happened to the fertile land that Ghana's farmers once cultivated?
What type of leaders was Tunka Manin?
What was significant about about the location of the Ghana Empire?
Who were the Almoravids?
Which of the following is a method Sundiata used to gain more power in Mali?
Towns and villages grew and the population of Ghana increased mostly because of what?
Which of the following best illustrates a similarity between the development of the Ghana and Mali empires?
Which of the following was not a way Mansa Musa spread Islam and education throughout Mali?
What was the importance of Mansa Musa's hajj to Mecca?
What was the largest city in Ghana and the main trading center?
Unlike Sundiata, most of Mali's later rulers were what?
Which of the following did not contribute to the Mali Empire?
All of the following happended during the reign of Sundiata except what?
According to traditional Malian beliefs, why was food so plentiful?
Who were the mansas?
What was the significance of the people of Ghana learning to work with iron?
"With so many traders passing through their lands, Ghana;s rulers looked for ways to make money from them. One way they raised money was by forcing traders to pay taxes. What can you infer from this passage?
