Rise Of The Mali Empire Essay

During the late eleventh century a thriving empire began to rise. Established along the upper Niger River, the Mali empire raised into a strong civilization. With a strong social arrangement everyone depends on each other. Men and women, although the same species have different roles in the society. Most economic growth came from the gold mines found throughout Mali. Since a lot of gold was found in the empire, gold held the economic value. From the north salt was traded for gold. in the government the emperor held the most power. the emperor was depended to create fair and safe laws for the society to live by. Before Islam came to the Mali Empire, the people of ancient Mali had another belief. They believed in two worlds, physical and spiritual. The spirit world was believed to have influenced the physical world. Priests and diviners help lay people interact with the many gods in the spirit world. The diviners had the ability to contact the gods. The purpose for the belief is to bring the spirit world back together with the physical world. After Musa’s journey to Mecca, he brought a new religion, Islam. When in Mecca Islam schoolers taught Musa form the Qu’ran. Musa not only brought the religion of Islam, he brought architecture, arts, literature, poetry and traditions of the Islam culture. These Islam influenced most of the society in the Mali empire …show more content…
At first Mali traded within the empire. Since gold mines were found throughout the empire, the empire of Mali used gold to hold the economic value. Beans, rice onions, papaya, cattle, cotton were also found in the Mali empire. Because the people of Mali didn’t have salt in their environment the trans saharan trade began to rise. From the north salt was traded for gold and other resources. During the trade cowrie was introduced as local currency. Even with cowrie as local currency gold and salt remained the principal mediums of distant