The Mali Empire
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- Attention, my beloved subjects! We're undertaking a pilgrimage!
- In Niani, Mali, Mansa Musa set out on his expedition. On his Hajj, he attracted roughly 60,000 people. The distance between Niani and Walata was roughly 550 miles.
- Gold was carried by 80 to 100 camels and 500 slaves. The monarch was joined by musicians, royal guards, flag bearers, medical professionals, and educators.
- Mansa Musa traveled from the Niani cities to Walata and then on to Taghaza. He and his crew continued toward Cairo after their halt in Taghaza.
- Mansa Musa generously distributed his gold to Cairo's underprivileged residents; he did so both as charity and as a form of self-promotion. Mansa Musa used so much gold that the city was inflamed for ten years.
- Mansa Musa refused to meet the king of Egypt.“I came for the Pilgrimage and nothing else. I do not wish to mix anything else with my pilgrimage.” This might be true, but he probably didn't want to bow down to the king.
- Mansa Musa effectively put his own name and the Mali kingdom on the Catalan map. Other countries were amazed by the quantity of riches in his dominion. Mansa Musa is depicted on the map holding a gold nugget in one hand and a scepter in the other. He is portrayed as seated on a throne and is decked out in a long thobe-like garment and a crown.
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