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What does the map likely represent in trade routes?
What does the map likely represent in trade routes?
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Answer all questions below. Be sure to use any hints available for you. You have 15 minutes.
The Gold–Salt Trade helped Mali become wealthy. Mansa Musa Mali’s gold and salt trade, making it for merchants to move goods. This allowed the empire to grow and become .
Which leader of Mali became famous for his wealth gained from gold and salt trade?
What does the map likely represent in trade routes?
Claim: Mali became a powerful and wealthy empire because of the Gold–Salt Trade.
Evidence: In the Catalan Atlas, Mansa Musa is shown holding a large gold nugget and wearing a crown. The Catalan Atlas shows trade routes and caravans crossing the Sahara Desert toward Mali.
Question: Use your reasoning to explain how this evidence supports the claim. Write 1–2 complete sentences.
What role did maps play in the exchange of goods?