The map, produced on the Mediterranean island of ... Mansa Musa puts a face to the phenomenon. The ruler of the Mali empire, he had full control of the region's gold production — and Mali's ...

Mansa Musa has supported and funded science, the arts, literature and architecture and the Empire of Mali was one of the greatest empires in the world. Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire during a ...

We do know for a fact that Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire in the 14th century and ... one of the most important world maps of Medieval Europe. Word of his wealth spread across the Mediterranean.

c. 632-700s - Arab invasion of North Africa and subsequent spread of Islam. c.1226-1670 - Mali Empire becomes dominant force in the upper Niger basin following the Battle of Krina in 1234.

Centuries of exploration, theft and colonisation were built on its depiction of the world ... surviving map to depict Mansa Musa, the ruler of Mali between 1312 and 1337. His empire encompassed ...

France’s military intervention in Mali to root out Islamist militants evokes memories of when the French ruled a vast empire across ... plantation slavery. After World War II, nationalist ...