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Kings
Do great
Question | Answer |
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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 |