Josiah’s Blog

Here is the link to the sample blog:   http://ssmeetsit.edublogs.org/2006/11/30/homework-for-block-e-and-h-thursday-30-november/  

The Kingdom of Mali:

The Fight of Mali

• the battle was violent 1 house was left
• mali remained powerful for 200 years
• mali was 2 times the size of ghana

Mansa Musa Pilgrimage

• mansa musa was grant than anyone else
• mansa musa was very generouse of his gold

Impact

• the money evaluaised
• plces started reading and writing in Arabic

How the Songhai Ganed Independence from Mali

• Senni Aali Ber ganed independence from mali

Ahira raised to power

• muhamad took over
• songhai was larger than mali and ghana combined
• songhai grew bigger
• the empire unified most of sadam
• songhai waas the last greatest trading areas of northern africa

Before the Discovery of Iron

• before the discovery of iron bones abd rocks were used

The Noke Used Iron Techonology After 500 B.C.

• aster the discovery of iron it was easier to get meat and farming became faster
• food supply higher after iron discovery
• niger river was used as a trading area
• niger river waas called trding highway
• trade brought a lot of wealth

Kingdom of Gold

• ghana was the king dom of gold
• north africa was soles
• ghana was a safe place to be in

Islam

• islam was fussy about religion
• they were relijiouse
• islam militans took over mali

Sources of Ghanas Strength

• there king was just
• justice system was fair
• iron weapons was their source

Religion

• they belived in 1 God
• if someone feeds the god disaters could be prevented
• they ha d1 major god and several smaller gods

Sources of Unity

• eveyone was treated fairly
• the military protected them
• their own job makes them happy