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Facts about Mansa Musa?
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Mansa Musa was the ruler of the empire of Mali in its Golden years. He is well known for his extravagant Hajj caravan in which he had sixty-thousand people dressed in fine silk and eighty camels carrying two tons of gold. During the trip, he generously gave out handfuls of gold to the needy families he encountered along the way after which he ran out of money and had to borrow some for his trip back.
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Mansa Kankou Musa was the 10th emperor in the Mali Empire. During his reign he built mosques, madrasas in Timbuktu and Gao. He focused on a financial and spiritual leadership.
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Mansa Kankou Musa was the emperor of the Mali empire. He ruled as mansa from 1312 to 1337. He was born in the year 1280. Musa's father was a prince namedFaga Laye, who never attained
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Mansa Musa was a great King of Mali, a West African empire. He is known the pilgrimage he made to Mecca for religious purposes. Along his way he made many villages flourish during
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he was the king of africa.
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