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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about Mansa Musa's legacy and what it could reveal about medieval Mali.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What did Mansa Musa do in Mecca?
Conquer its army and add it to his empire
Create a university
Party and make new friends
Q2.
Why did Mansa Musa take a different route back from Mecca to Mali?
He got lost
The first route was too dangerous
The new route was more interesting
Q3.
Why were the cities of Gao and Timbuktu important?
They had universities
They were key centres of learning
They were near the sea
Q4.
Mansa Musa brought back scholars from Mecca with him to Mali, what could that reveal?
Medieval Mali was a university
Medieval Mali was posh
Medieval Mali was wealthy
Q5.
Mansa Musa built mosques in Gao and Timbuktu, what could that reveal about medieval Mali?
Everyone in the empire was Muslim
Everyone was keen to impress
It was full of knowledgable people
5 Questions
Q1.
What does legacy mean?
someone’s money that they have built up during their life
someone’s reputation
something that you get after someone in your family dies
Q2.
Which of the below was NOT part of Mansa Musa's legacy
A flourishing university at Timbuktu
A large empire
An international reputation
Q3.
What was the name of the medieval map that Mansa Musa features on?
Cairo Atlas
Mali Atlas
Spanish Atlas
Q4.
Who do we think produced the map?
A Christian mapmaker called Charles
A Muslim mapmaker called al-Bakari
Mansa Musa
Q5.
What does it reveal about medieval Mali that Mansa Musa was featured in the Catalan Atlas?
It had a university
It was in Africa
It was Muslim