Starter quiz
- Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire 700 years ago.
- True ✓
- False
- Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca on a ______.
- 'pilgrimage' ✓
- Mansa Musa's Hajj made him famous.
- True ✓
- False
- How many miles was Mansa Musa's pilgrimage?
- 100 miles
- 1000 miles
- 400 miles
- 4000 miles ✓
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- What was created that showed Mansa Musa's wealth?
- a map ✓
- a statue
- a cake
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- What travelled with Mansa Musa on his pilgrimage?
- gold ✓
- camels ✓
- mice
- people ✓
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Exit quiz
- Mansa Musa improved cities across the Mali Empire.
- True ✓
- False
- What was Timbuktu important for?
- animals
- diamonds
- trade ✓
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- How did traders travel to Timbuktu?
- caravan ✓
- on foot
- car
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- Mansa Musa built mosques to spread ______
- 'Islam' ✓
- What is a scholar?
- a person who does not study any subject
- a person who studies a particular subject ✓
- a person who studies everything
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- What did scholars come to Timbuktu to study?
- geography
- history ✓
- law ✓
- Islam ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- When Mansa Musa returned from the Hajj he spent time in one of the cities that his generals had conquered.
- This city was Timbuktu, and Mansa Musa ordered great mosques to be built there to spread Islam.
- Under Mansa Musa's rule, Timbuktu became very important for trade, with desert caravans linking it to North Africa.
- It also became a place of learning and education with one of the mosques made into a place for teaching.
- Scholars travelled from all over the Islamic world to learn about history, Islam and law.
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse the term caravan.
Explain to pupils that a group of camels is called a caravan.
Keywords
Mosque - a mosque is a Muslim place of worship
Islam - Islam is the religion of Muslims
Caravan - a caravan is group of people travelling together on camels, usually to sell things
Scholar - a scholar is a person who studies a particular subject
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