source 3

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://africa.pppst.com/banner_ancientafrica.gif&imgrefurl=http://electronic.districsides.com/search/Mansa%2520Musa&usg=__T1aOG-l5Ar1pFIjx4T5E4DzlHCU=&h=435&w=709&sz=60&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=yiC_4NYsieQrCM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=172&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmansa%2Bmusa%2Bof%2Bmali%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1276%26bih%3D839%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=359&ei=fKLBTM2uOcKB8gaFrtH7BA&oei=fKLBTM2uOcKB8gaFrtH7BA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&tx=135&ty=44

source 2

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sources

http://plzucchi.stu.cofc.edu/Trade%20Routes%20page%207.html
 middle ages biographies 2/judson knight
History of african civilization/E. Jefferson Murphy

contemporaries

Ghana, songhay

major trade routes

   Artisans ,Timbuktu,Ghana,

signifigance

Mali was a major part of the salt gold trade

Major accomplishments

Captured Timbuktu and made Mali the center of Muslim scholarship in 290-647 AD