for the famous world leader, Mansa Musa. I will be representing Mansa as he is one of the runner-ups today for receiving the World’s Greatest Leader award today at this ceremony. Many of you might not know who Mansa is, or have never even heard of his name before, or some of you all might know him for being the emperor of Mali that depreciated the worth of gold down by 25%, but that is okay because it was not intentional, it was out of the kindness in his heart. Mansa Musa is the most considerate and…
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Mansa Musa was one of the wealthiest men in the Sahara. Mansa Musa went on this Hajj for other motivating factors besides religion. Mansa Musa and 60,000 other Muslims took the Hajj to Mecca for the religious ceremony but for Mansa Musa had the intent of meeting new people along the way and showing off his wealth trying to convert them to Islam or establish new trading partners to expand his wealth. Mansa Musa was the thought to have been one of the wealthiest men in the Sahara. On this hajj…
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A lot of people claim that mansa musa went on his trip for religious reasons but that’s not the reason why. Mansa Musa went on his pilgrimage for other reasons. Mansa Musa very clearly made his long journey to Mecca mainly for the reason to get more fame because he took a longer route, disregarded the koran, and didn’t listen to the Koran again. Mansa Musa did not go to mecca for only religious purposes. Mansa Musa took the long route by going up north to Taghaza, Walata, and Tuwat to get more…
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Imagine 60,000 people with 24,000 pounds of gold. This was Mansa Musa’s journey to Mecca. Was Mansa Musa’s travels simply a religious venture? Or did he have other plans in mind? Mansa Musa’s journey to Mecca was simply a religious venture to complete his hajj. Mansa Musa wouldn’t have traveled 4,000 miles to do anything other than his hajj. Also, he had brought 24,000 pounds of gold with him if it wasn't for alms giving. (Document A) Mansa Musa’s religion says to make a pilgrimage to Mecca if affordable…
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Mansa Musa traveled to Mecca on his hajj, spreading wealth all throughout the land. Although he said that he "came for the pilgrimage and nothing else", evidence points to him going for a different reason. He said he just went for his hajj, but the real reason why he went was to make more people come to Mali. Some evidence that helps support the true reason for Mansa Musa's journey is that he brought 24,000 pounds of gold (Document A) with him. He had 12,000 personal servants, 500 of which carried…
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Was Mansa Musa's journey purely a religious venture or were there other motives for him to go? Mansa Musa's journey was purely a religious venture, to complete his Hajj and Zakat, and that he never meant to change anything. His venture was purely religious because he was only trying to complete his Hajj and Zakat. The Zakat was him giving gold to the poor and sick, "total amount of gold (for alms giving, gifts, salaries, supplies)" (document A). The Hajj was him traveling to Mecca for…
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Did Mansa Musa go on his holy hajj for non-religious or religious reasons? Mansa Musa went on his holy hajj for religious reasons, to praise his god Allah. Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim, who believed he needed to follow the five pillars of Islam throughout his entire life, leading him to complete the Hajj to Mecca and give away gold to the less fortunate during his pilgrimage. Mansa Musa was showing his generosity by taking 60,000 people on his hajj. 12,500 of which were slaves who would…
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Chapter 7: 90. Silk Roads: pages 318-324 Theme: Cultural, Social, Economic Trade routes linking diverse people and civilizations on the continent’s outer rim. The silk roads are significant to world history because they were the main center of trade for many years, they also where a way that distant cultures could mingle. 91. Black Death: pages 323-324 Theme: HEI A disease that traveled along trade routes – specifically, bubonic plague, anthrax or other diseases from China to Europe. The Black…
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| | |Nationalism = huge force |Japan: parliamentary capitalism | |Economy |Lots of money flowing in from Silk |Paper money |China: trade with Europeans in Qing |Provide labor for plantations/mines |Modernization of Japan, Taiwan, South | | |Roads |Credit or “flying money”…
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