Mansa Musa I - Kankan Moussa: from Niani to Mecca vividly recounts, in an intense and almost cinematic manner, the unique story of the young West African ruler Mansa Musa I, the King of Mali, who ruled over a massive territory from 1312 - 1337. Mansa Musa's territory of rule stretched across two thousand miles, spanning the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad. Under his rule, his state prospered and it is estimated that he was the wealthiest man in the world. In 1324-1325, he undertook a pilgrimage to Mecca with a massive retinue of twelve thousand men. The voyage, at that time was without precedent - crossing the deserts of the Sahara all the way to Arabia, a distance of some four thousand kilometres. His intent was to bring the very best of the Arabic world, scholars, government bureaucrats, architects, educators, commercial know how, poets, artisans to his massive kingdom. Effectively, he was to transform his kingdom to become a leading force in the world at that time. He succeeded, indeed, and his pilgrimage brought his Malian kingdom to the attention of Europe. For the next two centuries, Italian, German and Spanish cartographers produced new maps of the world showing the vital routes which connected Africa to Arabia.
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Introduction
- A Magnificent Spectacle
- The Royal Audience
- The Voyage of a Life
- The Preparations
- The People of the Empire
- The Departure
- A Halo of Light
- The Deserts
- The Ritual
- The King’s Birthday
- An Exceptional Reception
- Unexpected Discoveries
- Marrakech and Fez
- Great Turmoil
- The Woman from Baghdad
- Tunis and Kairouan
- Cairo
- The Meeting of Two Powerful Men
- The Arabian Desert
- The Sons of Cain and Abel
- The Land of all Hopes
- The Meaning of Life
- The Mother of all Cities
- Mecca
- Mecca II
- The Friend of God
- The King’s Dreams
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