Quaestio How did the Gold and Salt trade

Quaestio: How did the Gold and Salt trade influence the development of West African kingdoms? Nunc Agenda: Turn desks into groups of 4, review the 6 questions from “People on the Move” and discuss the answers you chose

Share “Which is more valuable, gold or salt? ” Think about the question, briefly discuss your thoughts with your partner, and share

TRADE IN THE SAH

What is a surplus?

Surplus of Crops!

Surplus of Crop

As you know it

As they knew it

As you know it

As they knew it

Rivers in the South

Rivers in the South

Desert in the North

Desert in the North

Desert in the North

1. Ghana 2. Mali

Ghana- First

TRADE!

Sundiata- Founder of M

Mansa Musa. King of Mali Richest Man In History

Richest People in History 1. Mansa Musa I, (Ruler of Malian Empire, 1280 -1331) $400 billion 2. Rothschild family (banking dynasty, 1740 - ) $350 billion 3. John D. Rockefeller (industrialist, 1839 -1937) $340 billion 4. Andrew Carnegie (industrialist, 1835 -1919) $310 billion 5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (last Emperor of Russia, 1868 -1918) $300 billion

Richest People in History 6. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (last ruler of Hyderabad, 1886 -1967) $236 billion 7. William the Conqueror (King of England, 10281087) $229. 5 billion 8. Moammar Khadafy (former Libyan leader, 19422011) $200 billion 9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company founder, 18631947) $199 billion 10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, 1794 -1877) $185 billion

Richest People in History 11. Alan Rufus (Fighting companion of William the Conqueror, 1040 -1093) $178. 65 12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, 1955 - ) $136 billion … 22. Carlos Slim (business magnate, 1940 - ) $68 billion

Mansa Musa Went on Hajj to

Sundiata

Timbuktu- Capital of Mali, center of trade and

Sonni Ali Askia Muhammad

Discussion Groups Using your homework “Mali: Land of Kings” and a new article, discuss one of the following questions… Group A: Do you think African explorers from Mali arrived in the Americas before Columbus? Group B: Did wealth and power have a positive or negative impact on Mansa Musa?

Pensa Societies in Medieval Africa