Mansa Musa Thesis

Mansa (emperor) Kankan Musa is the most organized and reliable emperor but does not get acknowledged enough for his power and all of the things he has created and promoted in the golden of Timbuktu. The powerful leader extended his empire using his passion and intelligence. He is known to be one of the wealthiest rulers from his pilgrimage to Mecca while he was expensively spending his impressive amount of gold. His use of trade routes expanded his reputation. Mansa Musa impacted Technology within his empire because he built colleges, used trade technology, and used gold.

Throughout Musa’s emperor years, he had a passion for learning and he wanted others to understand his passion for learning also. He was an intelligent man who honored education. He found the Sankore University in

Timbuktu that attracted people from almost all over Africa, but he also established some of the earliest universities. The most amount of students it’s had was 25,000. The University taught multiple subjects including mathematics, astronomy, law, and geography. It was a building where scholars could live, learn and teach. The Sankore gave many educates a new source of life and people a chance to expand their minds. It started a new life for many people. Education gave many scholars jobs that would not have been given to them without education. Mali was full of judges and priests. He spread Islam around Mali and ended up attracting scholars all around Mali. Because of Mansa Musa’s dedication to learning and education, Timbuktu became the center of learning. In Timbuktu, the most valuable item was books. The city had an advanced book copying industry, which did make learning easier. Musa managed to make education from non-existent to the most honorable and valuable thing.
Mansa Musa is well known for his massive amount gold from his expensive spending in his pilgrimage to Mecca. He has so much gold that he caused inflation on his pilgrimage. Some of those of his investments were Universities. Gold that was mined in the valley of Senegal was traded with other areas for needed resources. Timbuktu was known as the city of gold and gold was one of the most valuable items other than books. Because of all of the gold, it caused for multiple continents trade from Timbuktu. Gold started popular trade routes and began to make a name for themselves. Gold was popular worldwide, it put mali on the map. Their gold made coin supply for the city which made new currency. Gold not only affected Timbuktu but affected the world by almost all empires having some of Musa’s gold.
The trading routes that were developed by Mansa Musa was a strength in the Mali empire. In 1339, Mali started to appear on European Maps of the World. The route extended from the Mediterranean to the West African coast which increased Mali’s size. From North America, Middle East, and from Europe traded in Mali. Once other countries and continents recognized Mali’s trading systems, his empire grew and expanded. The trade route brought Timbuktu to a reputation of what was most wanted, gold. Gold was the main source of Timbuktu’s trading. Mansa Musa’s trade routes changed the world by other places having new sources of gold.
Mansa Musa was extraordinary with his sources of gold and his trading routes that connected with multiple countries around the world.

His passion for learning urged him to create universities and making Timbuktu the center of learning. He encouraged people all over the world to learn at his College. Musa gave scholars an opportunity to make something of themselves which followed by more scholars joining his center of education. Coins made trading possible for Timbuktu and if there was no gold there would be no empire because Mansa Musa would have to have something to support his people. If he did not support his people then they would leave Mali and there is no empire without people. Although Mansa Musa did not create any new ideas for the whole world, he did provide what his empire needed and what he thought his empire needed. His technology affected globally because all places that traded on his route eventually owned some of his gold. Mansa Musa’s reputation for his education and gold and his trading routes with gold became popular. He placed his empire before himself. Mansa Musa impacted Technology within his empire because he built colleges, used trade technology, and used

gold.