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Mali Empire

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MALI EMPIRE

LOCATED ALONG THE NOGER RIVER AND RULED BETWEEN 1230 AND 1600.
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90 PERCENT OF THE RELIGION IS ISLAMIC AND THE OTHER 10 PERCENT IS CHRISTIAN.

MALIANS MARRIED AFRICAN WOMEN IN ORDER TO SPREAD ISLAM FURTHER.
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THE TRADE ROUTES CHANGES ITS COURSE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS.

THEY MAINLY USED THE NIGER RIVER TO DO THEIR TRADING.
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SUNDIATA "LION KING" - FOUNDER OF THE MALINA EMPIRE.

MANSA MUSA TOOK OVER AFTER HIM.

AFTER MANSA MUSA DIED HIS SONS COULD NOT KEEP THE TOGETHER SO IT CRUMBLED

AND THE SMALLER STATES IT HAD CONQURED BROKE OFF.

3INTERESTING FACTS: 1. CHILDREN ONLY GO TO SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS. 2. THE LIFE

EXPECTACY IS 47 . 3. SOME PEOPLE TRADED GOLD FOR SALT BECAUSE IT WAS SO VALUABLE

BENNY BOB BAIRD- PRESIDENT.

AMADOU TOUAMNI TOURE- PRESIDENT OF MALI FROM 2002 THROUGH 2012.

PRESENTED BY: JERRY N. JOSH H.

OLIVIA W. BRITTNEY N. 2ND PERIOD