The Mali Empire was the center of the world’s gold ... Al-Sahili supposedly introduced several new building techniques to Mali. These included burning clay to make bricks and the popularisation ...

In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire was central to several key trading routes, and with the support of a well ...

Mansa Musa was emperor of the West African Mali Empire. Covering roughly 500,000 ... Mansa Musa’s renewal of Timbuktu included building madrassas (educational institutions), libraries, archives ...