https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1 Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2018-12-12 20:43:53 UTC 2025-10-20 16:48:41 UTC hello@padlet.com bassbr https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314459506 Today is the day we leave the city of Mali for our trip to Cairo. The king has 500 others coming on this 4,800 mile trip. I am sad to say I am leaving my family behind on this trip for a whole year but the king has only asked for me and the others. But I am glad to say that we will be stopping at cities like Timbuktu, Taghaza, Cairo and Mecca. ]]> 2018-12-13 20:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314459506 bassbr https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314466757 We've arrived at the city of Timbuktu, there is talk about a free university to Islamic scholars who come from near and far to this school. This is because of the great kings funding. I've also heard that the culture of this place is like Athens and Rome and it's also a well thriving trade center.]]> 2018-12-13 20:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314466757 doddsj https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314467715   finally we get to mecca from traveling for 1 year and Our hearts anticipating with joy to see what we could discover. On the other hand we would experience so many hardship along the way Goods from Africa and the Far East passed through en route to Syria including spices, leather, medicine, cloth, and slaves; in return Mecca received money, weapons, cereals and wine, which in turn were distributed throughout Arabia. ]]> 2018-12-13 20:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314467715 bassbr https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314776523 It seems like the king has been very generous and his devotion of religion has made a great impression on the people here in Cairo.  There's been so much gold in the city now it's seemed to lose a bit of it's value because things here have seemed to become a higher price than they were before. ]]> 2018-12-14 18:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/314776523 doddsj https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/315349148 Finally, we are home. The journey was amazing. The people of Niani were rejoicing as they saw the caravan coming back into town. Its a nice feeling being home after a 4,000+ mile trip. It's nice to see my family and friends again. although the journey was nice, nothing beets seeing my family. The experience was well worth the year of walking because we got to experience something most people don't get to ever experience. ]]> 2018-12-17 20:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/315349148 doddsj https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/315625575 I learned that Mansa Musa was a very generous man who was so wealthy that as he gave gold to the poor he caused the prices of gold to go down. Even though some may think he was greedy or mean he was very religious person that was fulfilling his religion. ]]> 2018-12-18 17:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/doddsj/fzaxe58br8b1/wish/315625575