Mansa Musa

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  • Jan 1, 1280

    Birth

    Mansa Musa was born. Offical birth date is unknown (Knight 229).
  • Jan 1, 1280

    World event

    278 Jews were hung in London for clipping coin( Grum 178).
  • Jan 1, 1280

    World event

    Sicilian vespers masacar the french people in sicily
  • Jan 1, 1282

    World event

    Florence is the leading city in comerce and finace in Europe (Grum 178).
  • Jan 1, 1290

    World event

    The spectacle is invented(Grum 179).
  • Jan 1, 1296

    World event

    The florence cathedral was beginning to be built(Grum 180)
  • Jan 1, 1300

    World event

    The European slave trade temporary stops(Grum 181).
  • Jan 1, 1312

    Start of reign

    Mansa Musa succeeded his father Abu Bakr II to the Malian throne (Brooks 130).
  • Jan 1, 1312

    Tax system

    He established a tax system throuout his empire. Established mayor (mochrifs) and governers (ferbas) in regions and territories within his empire.( Brooks 129 -Wilson 116)
  • Period: Jan 1, 1312 to Jan 1, 1337

    Government

    Mansa Musa stregnthend the growth of trans-saharan trade throught his ruling. He also made impeareal government stronger.( "Mansa Musa 226)
  • Period: Jan 1, 1312 to Jan 1, 1337

    Length of Empire

    Mansa Musa's empire streched 1600 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean (Wilson 116).
  • Period: Aug 1, 1324 to Aug 1, 1325

    Hajj

    Mansa Musa went on a hajj to mecca. with him he took 500 slaves,each carried 4 pounds of gold, 80 camels adn each animal carried 300 pounds of gold. He stoped in Cario and nearly wrecked Eygptian economy becasue of all the gold he spent there. Also there was acounts of 60 thousand people that went along on the hajj with Mansa Musa. His pilgramage was over three thousand miles long(Brooks 129-131).
  • Jan 1, 1326

    Spread of Islam

    During and after his trip to mecca Mans Musa spread his religion throught Northern Africa and the Middle East. He was a huge icon in the Islamic world (Wilson 116).
  • Jan 1, 1337

    Ruling

    He ruled for 25 years. at the peak of his rule his empire was four months long in travel. He also kept peace with in his kingdom throughout his ruling. His empire included 40 million people(Brooks 129)
  • Jan 1, 1337

    Cario Inflation

    12 years after Mansa Musa went on his pilgramage to mecca and spent most of his gold in Cario, there was still inflation in Eygyptian economy( Knight 229).
  • Jan 1, 1337

    Death

    The great Mali ruler Mansa Musa passed away.(Knight 235).