Unit 1 and 2 Test

Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

Among their good practices are their avoidance of injustice; there is no people more averse [opposed] to it, and their Sultan does not allow anyone to practice it in any measure; [other good practices include] the universal security in their country, for neither the traveler nor the resident there has to fear thieves or bandits ... their punctiliousness [strict observance] in praying, their perseverance in joining the congregation, and in compelling their children to do so; if a man does not come early to the mosque he will not find a place to pray because of the dense crowd; it is customary for each man to send his servant with his prayer-mat to spread it out in a place reserved for him until he goes to the mosque himself. ... They dress in clean white clothes on Fridays; if one of them has only a threadbare shirt he washes it and cleans it and wears it for prayer on Friday. They pay great attention to memorizing the Holy Qur’an.

Ibn Battuta writing what he witnessed at the sultan’s court in the Mali empire in his book The Rihla, 1354.

Identify the trade network and religion that Ibn Battuta and Mali are primarily associated with.

Explain a political impact of trade networks on kingdoms like Mali.

Explain a cultural impact trade networks had on kingdoms like Mali.