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By: Cara, Meghan, Annika and Renee

Mali Empire

General Information

  • The Mali Empire grew and prospered by monopolizing the gold trade and developing the agricultural resources along the Niger River.

Social Structure

  • The Mali Empire's most famous king was Mansa Musa

Religious Structure

  • The Mali Empire began when a small Malinke kingdom within the Ghana Empire grew ever more powerful.

Pictures of ancient Mali mosques and built replicas of the iconic style would be used in the exhibit

Social reforms including prohibitions on the maltreatment of prisoners and slaves, and installed documents between clans which clearly stated who could say what about whom were put into place. The reforms divided the lands amongst the people assuring everyone had a place in the empire and fixed exchange rates for common products. There is limited information of this topic, so the exhibit would also have limited information. There are many products produced during the time that skilled craftsmen created and those will be showcased

Ancient Mali artifacts that will be on displayed in the exhibit

  • The Mali Empire collapsed when several states, including Songhai, proclaimed and defended their independence.

After the leader Sundiata died, the next rulers became Muslims. They built mosques (like the ones in the picture) and attended public prayers and supported preaching Muslim holy men. The most famous holy man was Mansa Musa, who may have been Sundiata's grandnephew. He ruled from 1312-1332. The picture and replicas of the masque would be placed in the exhibit to show the religion and how dedicated the Mali people were to it.

Political Structure

  • The Mali empire was based on outlying areas-even small kingdoms-pledging allegiance to Mali
  • Cowrie shells from the Indian Ocean were introduced and used widely as currency
  • Mali was a relatively rich farming area.

Economic Structure

Sundiata was the first great leader of ancient Mali. He became the leader by crushing a cruel unpopulated leader. He became emperor then took over Ghana as well as the trading cities of Kumbi and Walata. Sunilata was a great leader in peace and war. Mansa Musa, another great ruler, ruled from 1312 to 1332.There were seven different rulers within fifty years. In this fifty year, the powerful empire began to weaken. Mansa Musas successors lacked to govern as well as he did. Many ancient pictures of Mali rulers would be used throughout the exhibit to show the political structure.

Ancient paintings would be used in the exhibit

Gold nugget and imprinted gold

This is a nugget of gold and imprinted gold from Mali during the time of the ancient empire. The wealth of Mali was built on gold. When trade routes shifted eastward from Ghana, Mali benefited. Mansa Musa, a skilled military leader, was in charge of and re-astablished the gold-salt trade. This picture represents the gold that would have been traded and mined during this time. This would be placed in the exhibits to represent the trading.

Artifacts included in this presentation and many others will be included in the exhibit if our company would be privileged to produce your exhibit.

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