Historical event

Mansa Musa's Hajj

Date: 1324-1325 CE

Mansa Musa's legendary pilgrimage to Mecca displays Mali's immense wealth to the Islamic world and Europe, putting Africa prominently on medieval world maps and demonstrating the peak of African medieval civilization.

Tags: mansa-musa-hajj, pilgrimage, mecca, wealth-display, gold-distribution, world-recognition, mali-empire, medieval-africa, islamic-world, cartography, african

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