Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali

Name: Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali
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ISBN: 9781468053548

ISBN-10: 146805354X

ISBN-13: 9781468053548

Edition: N/A

Authors: P. Oliver

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Oliver's well-researched biography of Mansa Musa reads like an exotic tale of gold, glory, and adventure. During his long reign as Mali's emperor, Mansa Musa led his empire into its Golden Age; presided over a spectacular, 60,000 person, 9,000 mile pilgrimage; founded a university in Timbuktu; and helped revolutionize architecture across the Sudan. Oliver does not allow Musa's story to get bogged down in detail by seamlessly weaving a lot of history into his narrative and by supplying curious readers with an extensive Glossary.Many of the African ancestors of today's African-Americans came from West Africa. From 700 -- 1600 A. D., one after the other, three great, black, commercial empires…

Book details

List price: $6.95
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 3/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English