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Mali Africa Mali is the biggest country in the northwest part of africa it borders 5 different countries bordering it NIger, Senegal, guinea, côte d'ivoire, burkina faso salt is also big i mali people used to trade a pound of gold for a pound of salt. It also has the largest mud and brick building in the world and it is also a very important building of mali. This country is also the cradle of the empire of ghana one of the first empires of western africa says the website Traveling East.…

Did you know that Mali in the middle ages was one of the wealthiest countries at the time? Medieval Mali was a kingdom in Africa, and it rose to prominence under Mansa Musa in the early 1300s. Mali influenced other parts of the world, and the world influenced Mali, because of gifts, trade, and scholarly exchange. One reason Mali had influence on the world, as well as the world influencing Mali, was through gifts. At one point, during Mansa Musa’s reign, around 1360 to 1361, he sent a giraffe,…

The two African Kingdom I will be comparing are the kingdom of Benin and the kingdom of Mali. I will be demonstrating the rise of each kingdom and the decline of kingdoms and the collapse on both kingdoms. The kingdom of Benin rose to power by trading goods. Benin Declined when a civil war erupted. It finally collapses when its territorial extent shrank rapidly. The kingdom of Mali rose to power because it was rich in gold. It began to decline when its political and military strength was…

The Empire of Mali existed in Western Africa from around 1235-1600 CE and was one of the largest empires during that time. They had a complex political system enabling them to rule their large territory effectively, however, the Empire of Mali was best known for its vast trade networks throughout Africa. The ruler Mansa Musa is probably the most recognized ruler, and was known for spreading out his gold and wealth to the region on his Pilgrimage to Mecca. The majority of people living in the…

Education plays an integral role in economic and social development. Increasing access to education has been a major goal in the policies of developing countries. This is because these developing countries recognize that if more of the population is educated, health and productivity significantly improves. When both men and women receive the opportunity to attend school, progress happens at a faster rate. Unfortunately, millions of women in developing countries are underrepresented in school…

Chapter Four 4-1Study Area 4-1-1Location Al-Tuwaitha (Nuclear Research Center ) is located about several kilometers south of the southern edge of Baghdad and within the Baghdad Governorate , between 44 27E and 44 35 E Longitude and 33 10 N and 33 15 N Latitude, and covers 1.2 square km. Aand the Tigris River passes near it fig (4-1). Lland use within 10 km of Al-Tuwaitha is predominately agricultural with scattered houses and villages in the outlying areas. No oil fields or…

Introduction The Northern Mali Conflict is best described as a civl war but has become increasingly complex since its beginnings in 2012. The conflict started as a civil war along ethnic lines and triggered by the Libyan conflict. A schism between secular and Islamic rebels served to further complicate the conflict and pose new threats to religious minorities in the region. Food shortages, rampant poverty, religious prosecution, and a politically weak Mali have resulted in hundreds of thousands…

Mali is located in West Africa. They relied a lot on trade, and particularly the trade of gold. Islam was introduced to Mali by trade and it affected them in many ways. Ibn Battuta was considered one of the greatest medieval Arab travelers. “While in Mali in West Africa, he wrote his observations about the Mali people, who interwove their traditional customs with Muslim practices.” Ibn Battuta’s writings reveal that Mali takes Islam very seriously, and they live very closely to the Koran and 5…

Sahel, West Africa a location that is highly dependent on the field of agriculture for survival. The study of this specific area of the world focuses on the conflict the community is having to continue the agricultural portion of their economy. It was stated in a recent study that, “about 65 percent of the cultivable land have been degraded.” (Warner, 2009). A large percentage of the land in West Africa is labeled as unsuitable for the production of agricultural products, which causes a…

indicated that there is no doubt that North Africa remains a critical area for radical Islam’s (Salafi jihadism) expansion, which affects each North African country both idiosyncratically and transnationally. Yet, close scrutiny of AQIM’s foothold in the Sahara and Sahel region fails to convey a sense of urgency and critical threat, let alone of an incipient offensive posture or projection capability emerging from an autonomous operational basis in the Sahel ( about the Salafi Jahadist…