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What i learned about the 4,800 journey to mecca, the slaves on there way to Cairo, had a hard time on this journey and where going through a lot of pain. mecca helped with the price of gold go down scene he had so much gold and he even gave gold away for free. Mecca gave a free education to Islamic scholars. People thought Mecca was rich spilled man that only cared about himself but he really couldn't care about how much money he had.

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What i learned from researching about Mansa Musas journey to Mecca is that he was a very generous person a long the way even though it was hot and they were probably tired and getting sore he still kept his generosity throughout the trip by giving gold out to every place he visited, and giving an education to Timbuktu scholars. This connects to life now because not all really rich people are selfish and mean they can be nice. I also learned that Mansa Musa made the price of gold go down because he had so much of it and gave so much away for free. Mansa Musa was a good ruler and he was very idolized by many in his pilgrimage and throughout other cities.

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I am going to miss my kids also my husband, my friends and the time we spent together, but im also very excited to be going on a journey like this, i hope all the things we go through on this journey turns out well and my family will be safe when im gone and other family's are safe too. this journey is going to be a long journey and i hope i get to see my family as soon as i get back home and that my kids are doing well and my husband is well taken care of the house. I am a slave on this journey but I feel excited to be apart of this journey, and honored. But i dont like to travel for very long so a 4,800 mile trip is going to be hard but i think i am ready to take it on, im going to miss my family and its going to be hard to leave them for so long but. I hope my town doesnt get invaded while we are gone. I think that this journey will be long and tiring, but fun at the same time and successful. Im also kinda scared about the heat and how some of the soldiers or slaves cant handle it.

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So far it has been a good journey but we are having a hard time in the sweltering heat all day, we haven't gotten much sleep maybe 2-3 hours at most in two days. We have been drinking our water like crazy, im hoping we dont run out. Our backs hurt, the camels are getting tired so we have to stop and rest them, its hard to sleep because the sand is hot, the trip is going okay so far but we have made it to Timbuktu, its different it has different buildings, and more people then we saw on the way through the desert, Mansa Musa gave a free education to Islamic scholars, he did some funding which allowed them to become a cultural and economic equal to Rome and Athens. They also had a thriving trade center. Mansa Musa is really generous from what i have seen from traveling with him. He is nice to all of us with him and he is very optimistic during this journey. Mansa Musa also added some of the soldiers and slaves from Timbuktu to come finish the journey with us, this helped me a lot because it made carrying stuff easier because we switched out. He helped the city become more commercial and had caravan connections with Egypt and trade centers in North Africa. Mansa was very encouraging to the poor people we encountered while we were in Timbuktu. Being a slave on this trip is definitely the hardest position, but i thought it would be a lot worse than it is, Mansa Musa taught me how to read and write some along with the other slaves on this journey, it helps kill the time. We are now leaving tinbuktu and now on to Cairo.

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We are now on our way to Cairo after leaving Timbuktu, we did quite a bit in Timbuktu and the journey through it. We are now continuing through the desert on our way to Cairo, it is still very hot, still barely any sleep, backs are starting to hurt more, some of my slave friends have passed out but they are okay now. have passed out. On our way to Cairo today we went through tahgaza, Mansa Musa was a big part of their little city they thought of him as a very generous emperor that gave his gold away. We have now left Tahgaza and now we are going right to Cairo which isnt too far now. It has now been 4 days and we have made it to Cairo, when we were traveling through Cairo Mansa Musa was making an impact on them too, he caused an inflation on Cairo he put a ton of gold in the economy and it caused their price of gold to go down which highered some prices, they seemed a little mad at Mansa but they were thankful for all the gold he gave them for free. The next day was hard for me and the other slaves on this journey some of the camels weren't doing so well so the other slaves and i had to take over and carry some gold and water. Us slaves got much less than any of the other people on this journey. 2 days after some of our camels weren't doing well i started to feel sick, sick of the heat, sick from carrying all this gold. But now we were on our way to Mecca our final destination.

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WE HAVE MADE IT TO MECCA!!! Im exhausted and we all have blistering sunburns, we lost 410 slaves on the way and 245 soldiers. They couldn't handle the heat anymore. Mansa Musa seems very happy to finally make it to Mecca because he was fufilling the fifth pillar of islam by traveling and making it to Mecca, we went to go visit medina which is 300 miles north of Mecca and we went to the site of Muhammad tomb, Mansa seemed honored. When we left we traveled back to Mecca and continued to fulfill the fifth pillar. We had gotten new clothing made out of silk it was nice and not too hot in the burning desert. Mansa had give the gift of gold once again to the poor and people around him in Mecca, Mansa also built many different masks and buildings along the way to Mecca and even in Mecca he brought many of the Islamic scholars he taught in Timbuktu with us to mecca. He continued to make an impact on the lives of people rich or poor a long the way of our journey to Mecca.

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We journeyed all the way back from mecca and we are now home for good. The city has changed quite a bit since ive have been gone, one of my kids are sick and my husband has been stressed out trying everything he can to get my kid back to normal health. They have been having trouble getting food and drinks, but they have got enough. My daughter now is 8 and my son is 16, I brought home some gold that Mansa had given us for a reward for making it with him. A storm hit the city and our house needs to be fixed and we have some new villages that have been added since ive been gone. I am just happy im back with my my family and after awhile things can go back to normal. My family was in tears because they were so happy to see me and happy that i made it back home safe. I am ready to continue my life back at home and make a better environment and life for my kids.

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when i arrived home to my family there was a lot of changes, different way the kids acted and played, my husband was working a lot more and seemed very stressed with taking care of all the kids for over a year by himself. When my kids first saw me the looked different allot older and that really supervised me they where almost grown to full teens. i was so happy to see my family i was crying and so where my kids, this was the best feeling ever. The house was a mas and i wasn't supervised cuz my husband had never cleaned most of his life. I really missed my family so much and i wish they could have came with me on my long journey, but if my family did come it would be a mess, i'm so glad i got to see my family, i'm so proud of them for being able to take care of each other and not argue all the time. When i found out my oldest daughter got married, it was so sad that i wasn't able to see her weeding, and now threes a kid on the way i'm hoping for a baby girl.