Islam: Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa was the leader of Mali and used his wealth and power to his advantage. He completed the 5th pillar of Islam, the journey to Mecca, with over 60,000 people with him, 12,000 being slaves. Mansa Musa was a king whose goals were to show off his wealth and power on the journey to Mecca, convert people to Islam, establish trade partners while being charitable, and earn himself a good reputation for those that had not heard of him. Mansa Musa had many goals to accomplish on his Hajj. Perhaps the biggest out of all of his goals was to show off of his power and wealth. He chose a route that went through major trading locations and cities when he could have gone straight through the desert and onto the Arabian Peninsula. He decided he