African Empires of the Medieval World

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1. Timbuktu is remote and difficult to reach.

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2. Merchants came here carrying gold from the NORTH and salt from the SOUTH.

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3. The Empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Timbuktu, and Gao became the first sub-saharan people to accept Islam as early as 850 A.D.

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• False

4. During the 10th century, stories began to surface of sailors reaching a distant land. The map on the video seems to show this distant land as North America.

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5. Around 1304 Abu Baker II assembled a fleet of ships and sent them West across the Atlantic in search of new land.

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• False

6. Mansa Musa is the richest and most noble king in the land.

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• False

7. Mansa Musa's wealth was estimated to be around one hundred billion dollars.

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• False

8. The Mali Empire flourished in West Africa from 1230 to about 1600.

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• False

9. Mansa Musa built a Catholic Cathedral in Timbuktu.

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• False