1. Welcome to the Museum of
Mali
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Civics Room
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Curator’s Office
Welcome to our third grade Mali
Museum. We are so glad that you Place your
have come to take a look back picture here.
into what ancient Mali was like
and what contributions they have
given us. We are also hoping that
you can find some similarities and
difference to our friends Ancient
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3. History Room
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4. Geography Room
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5. Civics Room
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6. Economics Room
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8. SALT
People and animals needed salt back then.
They needed salt to keep them alive. And I will
show you how it kept them alive. Will I guess
That they believed that water was in salt and
that is how salt became so important to them.
Salt became so important to them that they
have over 100 packages of them. And they
loaded packages of salt on to boats. they rolled
up the salt from the Sahara desert and carried
it back to there house. and that is how they
used salt back then.
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9. Gold
There were gold mines in Mali and
trade gold for salt. Salt was
sometimes more valuable then
gold. Gold can be trued in to
jewelry or gold coins. Gold has
been around for a thousands of
years. Gold is also rare. Gold lasts
a long time. Now with gold you can
problem by many things. Gold www.microsoft.com
made mail rich and powerful. Return to
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By Kylia

10. Empire/Kingdom
Mali was the richest place. Mansa
Musa made the empire grow
stronger and richer. Mali had the
Niger River , the Red Sea, and
the Sahara Desert .The Songhai
Empire took over Mali. After
Mansa Musa, the Songhai king’s
ruled for years until the invaders
from Morocco came. There was www.microsoft.com
fighting for the next 300 years.
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After that the great kingdom of Exhibit
Mali were gone.
By : Amanda

11. Monarchy
Monarchy is when a king rules the
land. A king like sundiata (The lion
king) and mansa musa . That is
monarchy. Monarchy = 1 ruler. We do
not use monarchy. Mali is ruled by
kings. The king got lots of gold and
money from the tax. People said the
king was the richest man on earth.
Soon the king had what ever he
wanted. They got even more things
from trading. Mali grew rich with the
trade tax. Then they built more
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By Brayden

12. Niger River
The Niger river is at the end of the
Sahara Desert. Mali is close to the Niger
River .The Main water way is the Niger
River. The Niger River helped Make Mali
great it goes though Mali. The Niger
River Helps Mali A lot . The Niger River
Has black waters. The people use The
Niger River as Water and watering
Crops. The Niger River Carey People to
different places. The Niger River is the
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River Can Flood . People Drink water
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By Elijah

13. Sahara Desert
The sahara desert is a so deep and wide that
the whole U.S can fit inside. The sahara
desert was a desert. The sahara desert covers
more then 3.5 million sqaure miles 9 million
sq.km. Thats the size of the contient is. The
mande today sits on the sahara desert. The
sahara desert is like a sea of sand. Mali sit on
the southern shore of this huge desert. Salt
was mined at the sahara. The region farthest
north is the sahara. South is a region call the
SAHEL.
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By Gahmar
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14. Bamako
Bamako was the capital of Mali. Bamako
had gold . Bamako is a poor is a poor city
but people are happy and kind. Bamako is
poor. Bamako is the biggest capital.
Bamako had a river going through it called
the Niger River. The city is located in
southwestern of Mali. Bamako is a city but
that city has survived a long time but it was
really poor . The people did not care
because they where happy enough to have
a home. Bamako had gold right under
them and that is where they traded . www.findafrica.com/maps/mali_sm01.jpg
Bamako was large place but still very poor
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By:Isabella

15. Griots
Griots are storytellers and musicians and right
hand of the king. They help Mali pass the
tradition and they were trader. And a singer of
history also they keep memories and law .
When he or her sing they pick up there kora
and softly strum and when they play
everybody listens to them . And people trusted
him or her write short song , story or poem .
And they put song /history in a shoebox. In the
end of the school year they remember stuff
cool and they were historians, musical
entertainers' .
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16. Adaptation-Trade
In Ancient Mali salt was important so Mali traded with
the North. Mali was an important trade center. If North
and South needed to trade they had to go threw Mali
and pay tax. Since nobody had any money North had
to give the king salt and South had to give the king
gold. Salt in Mali was important because salt
produced food. Sometimes the king will trade or the
king will send merchants to trade salt for gold. For
example you have meat but no salt. You have gold
but no water. You have gold, meat, and veggies and
fruit but no salt or water, don`t trade your meat but
trade everything else. Mali became rich and wealthy
In Mali at Timbuktu {important} the people of Mali
traded at the markets. The people of Africa have been www.microsoft.com
trading for thousands of years.
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17. MALI: TRADING CENTER
Africa's trading center was in
Africa. The only things that they
traded were salt, gold, seashells,
cloth, and kola nuts. The people
traded salt for their meat. They
traded gold for salt. Their trading
center was very powerful to them
because they had to go there just
for trading. Miners go there just www.microsoft.com
for trading. Also farmers go there
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just for salt and gold. And there is Exhibit
many other people that go their.
By: Kendall

18. Timbuktu-Library/University
The university that Timbuktu had
was one of the first in the world!
Their library is also one of the first
too! Timbuktu is at the edge of the
Niger River. Also in Timbuktu the
merchants traded gold, salt, slaves,
and other things. Moroccans
conquered Timbuktu in 1591.
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rule because of little defense.
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By: Logan

19. Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa was a king he was rich he built a
college . Mansa Musa built beautiful mosques .
Mansa Musa was Sundiata’s grandson half Place your
brother . He became the greatest king of Mali in picture here.
1312 . Under Mansa Musa Mali became a great
trading center . Mali reached it’s peak of
prosperity of power under Mansa Musa . During
Musa’s rule cities and commerce flourished.
Mansa Musa ruled the ancient west African
empire of Mali from 1312 to 1337 and won fame
in north Africa and Europe for the mines.
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20. Camels and Caravans
Camel caravans crossed the desert to trade
for Mali’s gold and salt. Malian people who
need to trade need camels to travel. Malian
people needed camels to travel. The caravans
brought treasures from as far as China. Long
lines of camels were the trucks and trains of
the Sahara trade routes because camels were
built for life on the desert. They have two rows
of eyelashes to shield their eyes from the
painful sand. Sand injures your eyes and the
sun blinds your eyes. They’re lucky they don’t
get blind! Camels drink a lot of water! They can www.microsoft.com
drink up to 13-25 gallons of water! That’s a lot
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21. Mali Today
Today Mali is not rich and powerful its
weak and poor. They work hard to make a
living. The land is dry sometimes theirs not
enough water. Traders still use the Niger -
river to travel from market to market .The
markets are still busy with people. Camels
still come to Mali but its mostly trucks and
cars. This information is from Mali today
and long ago. Here is four kinds of Malians
Dogon, Fulani, Bambara, Tuareg. Turaeg
boys cant show there faces in public its
part of there religion. This information is
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By: Nathan

22. Sundiata
Sundiata’s nick name was lion king
he was rich and powerful. Sundiata
was the first great leader the Griots
tell many legends about Sundiata
has a half brother named Mansa
Musa. the griots say he
was the lion. Sundiata died about
1255.
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By Adin
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23. Map of Africa and Mali
This is the stuff I have about my map . Sahara trade
routes between the salt mines in the south . And the
Niger river go’s across Mali . And there’s two oceans
around Africa the Atlantic ocean and the Indian ocean .
Then the Mediterranean sea and the red sea . Ancient
Mali was located on the continent of Africa . The
ancient empire was in the western part of Africa below
the Sahara dessert . The Niger river flowed through the
empire of Mali . The trade route ran north to the
Mediterranean sea and across to Egypt . The Sahara
dessert was hot and dry and there was salt on the
sand . And the empire of Mali was very hot and sunny .
And that’s what I wrote about my map of Mali .
By: Dejuan
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24. Mali Farming
Soil in Mali is fine for growing crops .
Farmers in Mali grew millets, peanuts,
rice and beans. Mali has rich soil just
like Greece and Rome. They farm on
hill. The rich soil comes from the
Niger river. If it dose not rain the
crops will not grow. Sundiata knew
farming made Mali strong .
By Ethan
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25. Miners
Miners are people who dig for
gold. Mining is Fascinating and
difficult task. The earth does Not
give up its minerals riches easily
people Must tear themfrom the
earth picks and Shovels and drills
and explosives but the Is well
worth the trouble our modern
civilization cold not exist without
the materials provide by mining.
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26. Traders
This is how Mali traded . They
traded gold for salt and gold for
salt .They have had trading around
for thousands of years .Also many
traders came to Mali from north
Africa . They also traded breads ,
shells, kola nuts, crops, cloth ,and
ivory .The way the traders got into
Mali was the trade routes .Well the
only way that traders traded gold
for salt they had to go there Mali
and pay tax.
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