Timbuktu

1. Describe the voyages of Zheng He. How did he contribute to the spread of Chinese culture? As Henry (2002) asserts, Zheng He was a Chinese explorer, who helped in extending the maritime as well as the economic influence of the Chinese people through all the regions bordering the Indian Ocean. Zheng He force in developing the Chinese culture was captivating as he commanded seven major naval expeditions, almost one century before the Europeans precisely the Portuguese arrived India, via the tip…

the Post Classical Era. This era also saw the rise of many cities, such as Medina, which rose due to the rise of Islam. Delhi rose when Islamic invaders settled under the Sultan after defeating the Hindus. African cities such as Timbuktu, Carthage and Tripoli. In Timbuktu, Mansa Musa built a capital to expand the kingdom past Ghana. The Islamic traders ended up pushed the Africa traders towards Carthage and Tripoli as they ventured into the Sahara. There were a wide variety of effects caused by…

Mali slightly less than twice size of Texas is a landlocked countries that shares boarders with seven countries round it. It was boarded by Algeria in the North, Mauritania and Senegal in West, Ivory Coast and Guinea in the South and Niger and Burkina Faso in the East. Mali is considered as one of the biggest country in West Africa and ranking at 24th largest country in the world. The geographical areas of Mali are estimated around 478,839 square miles. Mali official’s name is the Republic of…

Throughout history, the need and desire for certain products has led to long lasting effects on people, societies, and regions. Some of these products include gold. Gold was a very important product in the African Trading Kingdoms. The African Trading Kingdoms took part in the gold-salt trade to increase their wealth and advance their society. People’s need and desired of gold showed how wealthy the people are in a society or a region. According to Document 1, it states, “which stand ten horses…

Have you ever heard of “TIMBUKTU” before? It is a great learning center of the spread of Islam in Africa. It was built by Askia Muhammad which was a powerful and political ruler of Songhai. Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major empires in West Africa. Askia Muhammad became a powerful ruler of Songhai with his accomplishments through building an empire, trade success, and by building a learning center called “TIMBUKTU”. Askia Muhammad was born in Futa Toore…

Over the course of history, a number of items have impacted society. The economical development and growth of society has been influenced by several things. Agriculture and trade has had a tremendous impact on the economic development and growth of society. One such area that has been impacted is that of Mesopotamia, which is Greek for land between rivers. This is now modern day Iraq. The civilizations that make up the Mesopotamia are the Upbraid, Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian and…

Africa was a very diverse continent that had many different kingdoms including The Kingdom of Ghana, The Kingdom of Mali, lastly The Kingdom of Songhai. One of the main kingdoms was the Kingdom of Mali. Ghana was the ruling kingdom for hundreds of years but due to losing in wars it collapsed during the 1100s. Once it collapsed The Kingdom of Mali rose to power. During the middle of the 1200s Mali was established by Sundiata Keita. Sandiata won or defeated Ghana and captured its capital in 1240.…

Most historians would question where the things we humans cherished so deeply come from. As historians it’s their job to answer or try to answer these questions. They answer would be from civilizations. A civilization and a culture get compared to each other all the time and get mistaken for being the same things but in fact they are not. A culture is the sum total of any groups, political, economic, social and intellectual activities no matter how fundamental or advanced these activities might…

the teachings and laws and tried to influence everyone. Around 1324 Mansa Musa started preparations for his journey to Mecca. Mecca was very far and it took several months to reach the destination (Ojbiwa, Ancient Africa). He traveled from Niani to Timbuktu, Sahara desert until he reached Cairo and then reached Mecca and Medina. Ibn Battuta was an important traveler and in 1352 to 1353 he wrote about the status of Islam and the civilization of the Mali (Constitution Rights Foundation, Ibn…

Mali Empire EQ: How did the expansion of trade and the movement of people affect societies? I. The expansion of trade and the movement of people in the Mali Empire, located in West Africa, affected them via, developing dominance in trans-Sharan trade route, evolving their devotion to Islam, administrating them to embrace an educational system based on Islam, and engaging in the expansion of land. II. The expansion of trade and the movement of people affected the Mali empire by developing…