How did Mansa Musa establish Mali as a center of Muslim culture?
He used gold from Egypt to build Muslim mosques and schools.
He extended Mali's territory to take over the Muslim empire of Songhai.
His pilgrimage to Mecca attracted Muslim scholars, artists, and teachers to Mali.
He established trade links with Muslim salt merchants in North Africa
and encouraged the spread of Islam to Mali through diplomacy and conversion efforts. He also promoted the use of Arabic as a written language, leading to the creation of written works and the establishment of Islamic universities, such as the University of Sankore in Timbuktu. Overall, Mansa Musa's efforts to promote Islam and establish a center of Muslim culture in Mali helped to solidify the country's position as an important cultural and economic power in West Africa.
