Mali G.R.A.P.E.S.

Mali G.R.A.P.E.S.

1. Geography

   • grassland
   • Sahara desert
   • located in Sahel
   • southern boarder with deserts
   • trade routes between northern and southern Africa
   • located in an agriculturally rich area
   • rich soil on top of the Niger River

2. Religious

   • every year they take a pilgrimage with 60,000 people and 200 camels
   • on Fridays, they go to the Mosque and pray in the morning
   • garments
   • turbans

3. Achievements

   • Mali arose off of the demise of Ghana
   • they became powerful by controlling the rich trans-Saharan trade
   • gold trade was very popular on the Niger River, this gave Mali the chance to control trade

4. Politics

   • Sundial was the historical founder of Mali
   • Mansa Musa was Mali's greatest king, rulering from 1312 to 1337 CE.
   • Mansa Musa was the ruler during prosperity
   • the king made trade get way more valuable
   • he doubled the cities of Mali

5. Economy

   • the cities of Mali became important trading centers for all of West Africa as well as famous centers of wealth, culture, and learning
   • gold
   • trade
   • aguculture
   • expansions
   • salt

6. Social Structures

   • the people of Mali are seldom unjust and have greater abhorrence of injustice than any other people
   • their Sultan shows no mercy to anyone who is guilty of the least act of it
   • there is complete security in their country
   • neither traveler nor inhabit in it has anything to fear from robbers or men of violence