Aim: How did Islam influence life in West Africa?

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• Aim How did Islam Influence life in West
  Africa?
• Do Now Review of Islam
• Answer the following questions
• What are the five Pillars of Islam?
• Who is Mohammad?
• What is the name of the sacred book of the
  Islamic faith?
• What is the term used for God in the Islamic
  religion?
• Homework You are a professor of religion at a
  major American University. Today is the first
  day of your course entitled Religion helped
  shape the African way of life. Write a short
  speech explaining the title of your course.

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Answers

• Five Pillars pray 5 times a day, fasting,
  giving to the poor, make one trip to Mecca,
  strong faith in God.
• Mohummad is the founder of the Islamic faith.
• The Quran
• Allah

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Important People

• Mansa Musa
• Expands Mali
• Muslim
• Ruled from 1312 to 1332
• Skilled military ruler
• Controlled the salt/gold trade
• Put down many rebellions
• Had a 100,000 man army
• Divided his empire into provinces with appointed
  governors.
• Timbuktu became the most important cities in
  Africa

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Mansa Musa
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Important people

• Ibn Battuta
• Native of Tangier
• He traveled for 27 years
• Devout Muslim
• Impressed by Malis justice system

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Primary Source from Ibn Butta

• They are seldom unjust, and have a greater
  abhorrence of injustice than any other people.
  Their sultan shows no mercy to anyone who is
  guilty of the least act of it. There is complete
  security in their country. Neither traveler nor
  inhabitant in it has anything to fear from
  robbers.
• What can we learn about Mali from this quote?

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Where in the World is Ibn Battuta?