1. Warm Up Questions
   “When Mansa Musa, the ruler of Mali, visited Cairo on his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, an Egyptian scribe recorded that Musa distributed so much gold that the value of gold in the city dropped for years.”
   1. What was the likely purpose of recording Musa’s generosity?
   2. Why might this affect how reliable the account is for understanding Mali’s wealth?
   
   
2. Finish Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop
   
   
3. DBQ Practice: The Break Up
   Use the documents to fill out the essay framework