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This was the Muslim King of Mali.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This continent is where Mansa Musa is from.
What is Africa?
This animal carried most of the goods across the Sahara.
This is the largest desert in Africa.
What is the Sahara?
Their job was to protect the gold.
Who were soldiers?
This city is where our characters were from (the capital of the Mali Empire).
What was Niani?
A good that was traded on this journey.
Multiple Answers - Ex: gold, salt, copper, weapons, paper, etc.
This is the hajj.
What is the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca?
Their writings are how we know so much about the hajj.
Who were scholars?
This is hajj's destination and a holy city to Muslims in Saudi Arabia.
What is Mecca?
This good was brought by Mansa Musa to give out as charity and pay for salaries and supplies.
What is gold?
This translates to the word Allah.
What is "God"?
Who were ferbas or governors?
What is the name of the town our characters visited that is known for trade activity?
What was Walata?
This was mined in the Sahara Desert.
What is salt?
This translates to the word Mansa.
What is "king"?
They covered a lot of jobs like historian, teacher, and singer.
Who were griots?
What is the name of the town our characters visited that is made out of salt?
What was Taghaza?
This was eaten by the salt miners in the Sahara Desert and traveled from the Sudan in the south. (Looks similar to raisins)
What are dates?
This is a caravan.
What is a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert.