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Walk this pathway
5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
Mansa Musa
حج 1324: الذهب يهز أسواق القاهرة.
The empire
من النيجر إلى الأطلسي: ثروة الذهب والملح.
Timbuktu
مدينة العلم: سانكوري والمخطوطات.
Mansa Sulayman
ابن بطوطة يزور بلاطه 1352.
The legacy
المخطوطات والمدارس: مالي تعيش.
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Overview
A path through the greatest empires of Africa: Mansa Musa makes the pilgrimage with gold, Timbuktu the university of the desert, and Songhay succeeds it.
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islam.museum contributors. “The Mali Empire”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-mali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.