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Kings
Do great
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Founder of Mali; The Lion King of Mali | Sundiata |
| Defeated Sumanguru, avenging death of brothers | Sundiata |
| Established Mali as a MUSLIM Empire | Sundiata |
| Offered slaves their freedom in exchange for work | Sundiata |
| The one who divided Mali into self-governing provinces, each with a “governor”, all reporting to him | Sundiata |
| Rejected by family as a young boy because he had frail legs | Sundiata |
| The richest man that ever lived | Mansa Musa |
| Hajj to Mecca still talked about centuries later | Mansa Musa |
| Very Generous; Gave away a lot of gold | Mansa Musa |
| Extremely devout Muslim | Mansa Musa |
| His armies conquered Timbuktu and Gao...while he was gone for a year | Mansa Musa |
| Caused economies to collapse in Cairo and Mecca | Mansa Musa |
| Founder of the Songhai Empire | Sunni Ali |
| Reclaimed territory lost to Mali | Sunni Ali |
| Built a Navy to rule the waters of the Niger River | Sunni Ali |
| Described by some as a cruel, short-tempered man | Sunni Ali |
| Reign ended when he drowned in a river | Sunni Ali |
| According to the legend, he was thought to have magical powers | Sunni Ali |
| Not a true Muslim, so Islam declined in his reign | Sunni Ali |
| His name means “Forceful one” | Askia the Great |
| Tolerant of all religions | Askia the Great |
| Returned Islam to the empire | Askia the Great |
| Empire had most territory during his reign | Askia the Great |
| Inferior army decisively defeated Sunni Baru to win control of the throne | Askia the Great |
| Wanted to make Songhai the most well-educated citizens in the Muslim world | Askia the Great |
| His reign is noted as the GOLDEN AGE of Songhai | Askia the Great |