Mansa Musa: Richest Man in the World? by Austin Roose https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc By: Austin Roose and Bailey Lemus en-us 2016-09-21 13:09:16 UTC 2016-09-21 18:14:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Document C: Al-Umari 87330 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125383368 2016-09-21 13:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125383368 1. What kind of document is this? Who created it? When 100677 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125385660 It is a medieval map from Spain. A mapmaker named Abraham Cresques. It was created in 1735.]]> 2016-09-21 13:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125385660 1.Who was Al-Umari? Is he a reliable source? 87330 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125386665 Al-Umari was an Arabic historian who wrote an account of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca using the eyewitness accounts of people who saw it first hand. I believe he is a reliable source because  ]]> 2016-09-21 13:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125386665 2. How does the Catalan Atlas compare to The Huffington Post blog post in terms of its depicition of Mansa Musa? 100677 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125387646 In the blog post it talks about how he was the richest man in the world. In the Catalan Atlas it shows him al dressed in gold robes and holding gold. They both present him as very rich and wealthy.]]> 2016-09-21 13:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125387646 Document B: The Catalan Atlas 100677 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125391140 2016-09-21 13:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125391140 Central Questions 87330 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125392084 2016-09-21 13:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125392084 87330 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125392255 Trade helped expand his empire because he was able to exchange the natural resources in his area which were salt and gold for money to increase his wealth and benefit his kingdom ]]> 2016-09-21 13:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125392255 3. Do you think that this is an accurate depiction of Mansa Musa? Why or why not? 100677 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125392576 I do not think that it is an accurate depiction of Mansa Musa because it is the second article about Mansa Musa and how wealthy he was.]]> 2016-09-21 13:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125392576 2.How does this depiction compare to the Huffington Post's depiction? 87330 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125459725 It is the same in the fact that they both show Mansa Musa as a very rich man.]]> 2016-09-21 15:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125459725 3. How does the emir describe Mansa Musa?  87330 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125460665 He describes him as a very courteous person, but he would only speak to him through a interpretor despite Mansa Musa knowing Arabic]]> 2016-09-21 15:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125460665 4.Do you think that Al-Umari's description of Mansa Musa is accurate?  87330 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125463019 I think his description is accurate because he got it from eyewittnesses.]]> 2016-09-21 15:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125463019 100677 https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125496442 Mansa Musa was the richest person ever. Trade and his natural resources made him the richest person ever. Many sources say that he would be worth 400 billion dollars and the richest man alive is only worth 75 billion dollars. You can see the difference.]]> 2016-09-21 17:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/87330/q2fo3txbfrmc/wish/125496442