Summary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… most culturally sophisticated empires in medieval world history. Founded by the Mandinka warrior-king Sundiata Keita … rulers of Mali, none left a more enduring mark on world history than Mansa Musa I, who came to power around 1312 CE … jurisprudence, theology, rhetoric, astronomy, mathematics, history, medicine, and geography were taught by some 180 …