Lesson 1

The Mali Empire

Map of West African Kingdoms and Empires Over Time

Kingdom of Ghana:9th-13th Centuries

Mali Empire:13th-15th Centuries

Songhay Empire:15th-16th Centuries

Turn & Talk:• What does this map show

us? • How could we use this map

to make predictions about what happened to the Kingdom of Ghana?

Mongol Empire: 7 million sq. miles

Mali Empire: 9,000 sq. miles

Comparing the territorial extent of the Mali and Mongol Empires

What makes the Mali Empire worthy of talking about in a World History class?

“Perhaps in the future, there will be some African history to teach. But, at present there is none: there is only the history of the Europeans in Africa. The rest is darkness….”

-Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1963, in a lecture aired on the BBC

Wait, what is he saying?Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1960

Exit ticket: Respond to Mr. Trevor-Roper’s thinking. Use evidence and reasoning to support your claim.

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Property of Oakland Schools

Authors: Stacie Woodward and Darin Stockdill

Editors: Amy Bloom

Academic Review: Ian Moyer