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Uh, Mansa Musa captured the attention of the Arab world when he left his home in the West African kingdom of Mali, to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324.
Unlike his grandfather Sundiata, Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim. A Muslim is a person who practices Islam. Islamic law requires that all faithful muslims make a Hajj, or holy visit, to the city of the Arabian Peninsula where Islam developed.
Mansa Musa was a very rich king. He was said to have taken more than twelve-hundred people with him on the Hajj, each carrying a staff of solid gold.
When Mansa Musa passed through the Egyptian city of Cairo, legends say he gave away so much gold that the price of gold fell and the economy was affected for more than twenty years.
The appearance of a wealthy king from the faraway land made a deep impression on the people he encountered, causing Mali to appear on maps throughout the Middle East and Europe.
For the first time, Sub-Saharan Africa became well-known North of the great desert, as well.
The Kingdom of Mali eventually weakened, and the neighboring Kingdom of Songhai developed into the last Black empire of pre-colonial West Africa. Songhai was destroyed after a bloody war with Morocco. Morocco's sultan wanted West African gold, so in 1590, he sent an army of three thousand men across the Sahara desert.
The spears and lances of the Songhai warriors were no match for the cannons and muskets of the Moroccan army. That divided, but the fighting continued long after the Songhai government had been destroyed. After ten years, the Sultan lost in-

[Outro]
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