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35 Cards in this Set
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What was the king of Mema named?
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Moussa Tounkara
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What was the name of Sundiata's Griot?
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Balla Fasseke
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Son of Maghan Kon Fatta and the 1st wife, Sassouma Berete
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Dankaran Touman
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Fakoli
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Nephew of Soumaoro
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The son of Maghan Kon Fatta, and 3rd wife, Namandje Kamara
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Mading Bory
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Wife of Fakoli
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Keleya
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Childhood friend of Sundiata, later king of Sibi
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Kamandjan
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Maghan Kon Fatta
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Father of sundiata
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Sogolan
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Mother of Sundiata
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First wife of Maghan Kon Fatta
Evil to Sundiata Dankaran Touman's mother |
Sassouma Berrete
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"The silk cotton tree emerges from a tiny seed"
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Doua
Speaking to Maghan Kon Fatta A great person/thing may start small but will gain strenght overtime |
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"Kings are only men and what iron cannot achieve against them, words can"
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Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate
Balla Fasseke gets caught Kings so strong can always be swaywd by words |
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"I have finished my task, it is yours that is going to begin"
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Sogolan
at her death She has finished what she was put here to do, it is now Sundiatas turn to find his destiny |
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"Henceforth, I shall be on the siide of your enimies"
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Fakoli
When Soumaoro took his wife Keleya He is now going against Soumaoro and joining Sundiata |
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"I am the word, you are the deed"
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Djeli Mamoudou
Before the first battle I am here, u go fight |
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Djeli Mamoudou
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The griot that tells the story of Sundiata
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The "untouchable king"
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Soumaoro
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The 5 pilars of Islam
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Faith in 1 god and the prophethood of Muhammad
Daily prayers Giving Alms Self-purification by fasting The pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca at least once |
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Mansa Musa
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10th king of Mali, Said to be the greatest
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Quran
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The islamic holy book
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Sankore
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THe mosque in Timbuktu, built by the Arab archetect; also now a universcity
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Timbuktu
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The great town in Mali where alot of the trade happens
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How did Mali gain its wealth?
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Mali built its wealth off the trade of SALT and GOLD
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Explain the relgion of the people of Mali
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Mali is predominatley Muslim
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How did Mansa Musa imrove Mali?
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Doubled the size of Mali and created a strong central government
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Describe the Hajj of Mansa Musa
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He was joined on his pilgrimage by servants, porters, and solders, adding up to supposedly 60,000 people (but are probably exaggerated)
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What caused the decline and fall of the Mali empire?
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Mansa Musa died, leaving the kingdom to Maghan 1
Also the Civil War started to allow the Sonhai emire into place (taking over) |
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Who gave away so much gold on his hajj that he actually caused the value of gold to drop?
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Mansa Musa
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Sundiata died in ______?
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Aprox 1200
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Sources of trade
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1.Copper
2.Salt 3.Grains 4.Cowrie Shells 5.Livestock 6.Cloth |
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Most of the people pf Mali were _____, ______, and ______.
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hunters, farmers and herders
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Sundiata moved the capitol of Mali from Kangaba to where he had been born to _______?
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Niani
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What occured in 1400?
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Songhai rebelled
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What happened in 1431?
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The Tuaregs seized Timbuktu
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Mali was formed by the ________ people
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Mandinko
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