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Government Officials Great Empire
586 wordsThe Empire of Mali Introduction In its peak, the people of Mali occupied land as far west as the Atlantic Ocean. They also traveled as far east as Gao, the capital of the Songhai, as far south as the Niger bend, and as far north as the Sahara desert. They built a great empire between 1240 and 1337 that underwent a course of slow decline until the seventeenth century. History The empire of Mali originated from a small country known as Kangaba. Its people where known as the Mandingo (they have als...
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Nationalistic Feelings Islamic Religion
1,257 wordsThe epic of Sundiata begins with the introduction of the great, and narrator Mamadu Kouyate. Throughout the epic, the importance of the great is stressed numerous times. When speaking of griot's Mamadu Kouyate states that, we are the repositories which harbor secrets many centuries old. The art of eloquence has no secrets for us; without us the names of kings would vanish into oblivion, we are the memory of mankind (Niane). It was through oral reciting that the epic was passed along for generati...
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Muslim Religion Spoken Word
1,308 wordsUsing specific illustrations from Maryse Conde's novel Segu, this is an essay that discusses how the coming of Islam to Bambara society affected that people's traditional, political, social and economic practices as well as challenging the Bambara's' religious beliefs. Before the arrival of Islam, Segu and its people, the Bambara's, were extremely different world from what they became under Islamic rule. The Bambara's were proud people with a long history in farming, and the wealthy ones worked ...
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Point Of View Fourteenth Century
1,405 wordsThe paper compares and contrasts modern Western historical approach as presented by Shillington in African History and African historical approach to Ancient Mali as shown by griot's. The aim of the paper is to distinguish differences in the two viewpoints. The paper analyses the history of Mali and Africa from both perspectives. African History The book African History by Shillington covers the history of African states and tribes from old ages to the modern period. The author covers in great d...
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One Hundred Thousand Economic Base
631 wordsCleopatra was 17 or 18 when she became the queen of Egypt. She was far from beautiful, despite her glamorous image today. She is depicted on ancient coins with a long hooked nose and masculine features. Yet she was clearly a very seductive woman. She had an enchantingly musical voice and exuded charisma. She was also highly intelligent. She spoke nine languages (she was the first Ptolemy pharaoh who could actually speak Egyptian! ) and proved to be a shrewd politician. In compliance with Egyptia...
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Traditional African Military Power
886 wordsMali, One of the Greatest African Civilizations Mali s Culture and Government After the kingdom of Ancient Ghana, the next great West African Empire to emerge was the kingdom of Ancient Mali. Ancient Mali and Ghana shared a number of different features, however they also were extremely distinct from each other in many ways as well. For example, unlike Ghana, a great deal more information and written records about the kingdom of Mali still exist. With the resources that have endured a much better...
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