Problem
A. How big is Africa exactly?
B. Why is African history so often overlooked by many scholars and historians?
C. Who was Mansa Musa and why is his story so important to world history?
D. What did Mansa Musa's kingdom look like?
E. How did Mansa Musa and his kingdom become Muslim?
F. Why do we know so much about Mali and not other West African kingdoms?
G. What trade goods were popularly traded across the Sahara?
H. How were the civilizations that developed on the eastern coast of Africa different from those in West Africa?
I. Identify and briefly describe the three things that linked the many independent East African city-states.