Mansa Musa Thesis

Mansa (emperor) Kankan Musa is the most organized and reliable emperor but does not get acknowledged enough for his power and all of the things he has created and promoted in the golden of Timbuktu. The powerful leader extended his empire using his passion and intelligence. He is known to be one of the wealthiest rulers from his pilgrimage to Mecca while he was expensively spending his impressive amount of gold. His use of trade routes expanded his reputation. Mansa Musa impacted Technology within his empire because he built colleges, used trade technology, and used gold.

Throughout Musa’s emperor years, he had a passion for learning and he wanted others to understand his passion for learning also. He was an intelligent man who honored education. He found the Sankore University in

His passion for learning urged him to create universities and making Timbuktu the center of learning. He encouraged people all over the world to learn at his College. Musa gave scholars an opportunity to make something of themselves which followed by more scholars joining his center of education. Coins made trading possible for Timbuktu and if there was no gold there would be no empire because Mansa Musa would have to have something to support his people. If he did not support his people then they would leave Mali and there is no empire without people. Although Mansa Musa did not create any new ideas for the whole world, he did provide what his empire needed and what he thought his empire needed. His technology affected globally because all places that traded on his route eventually owned some of his gold. Mansa Musa’s reputation for his education and gold and his trading routes with gold became popular. He placed his empire before himself. Mansa Musa impacted Technology within his empire because he built colleges, used trade technology, and used