Phần 2
The territory of the Mali Empire was rich in …(10)…resources, such as gold and salt. The world first witnessed the extent of Mansa Musa’s wealth in 1324 when he took his pilgrimage to Mecca. Not one to travel on a budget, he brought a …(11)…stretching as far as the eye could see. Accounts of this …(12)…are mostly based on an oral testimony and differing written records so it’s difficult to determine the …(13)…details. But what most agree on is the extravagant scale of the excursion.
Chroniclers describe an entourage of tens of thousands of soldiers, civilians and …(14)…, 500 heralds bearing gold staffs and dressed in fine …(15)…and many camels and horses bearing an abundance of gold …(16)…
Stopping in cities such as Cairo, Mansa Musa is said to have spent massive …(17)…of gold, giving to the poor, buying …(18)…, and even having mosques built along the way. In fact, his spending may have destabilized the regional economy, causing mass inflation.
This journey reportedly took over a year, and by the time Mansa Musa …(19)…, tales of his amazing wealth had spread to the ports of the Mediterranean. Mali and its king were elevated to near …(20)…status, cemented by their unclusion on the 1375 Catalan Atlas.
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Từ mới:
pilgrimage: chuyến hành hương
testimony: lời khai, bằng chứng
extravagant: phung phí
excursion: chuyến du ngoạn
chroniclers: nhà chép sử
entourage: đoàn tùy tùng
abundance: vô số
mosques: nhà thờ Hồi giáo
destabilized: làm mất ổn định
inflation: lạm phát
mediterranean: Địa Trung Hải
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