The Lost Treasure of Mansa
Musa
World History A
Unit 11 Mini Project
Point Value: 30 points
Who Was Mansa Musa?
Mansa Musa was the Emperor of Mali from 1307-1325 (or
1332, exact date of death is debated)
He was the richest man of all time!
At the height of his power he had an estimated $400 billion
dollars in today’s money!
Visit this website to learn more about Mansa Musa:
http://africa.mrdonn.org/mansamusa.html
According to a Legend...
(made up by a History teacher)
On his way back from his pilgrimage to Mecca,
Mansa Musa hid a large cache of gold
somewhere in Africa in case his kingdom should
ever need it.
But the location was hidden behind a series of
questions and locked with a secret word.
In over 700 years no one has solved the mystery.
But now we have a tool on our side that just might
help...
THE CIA WORLD FACT BOOK
The CIA WORLD FACT BOOK is a free online
guide to the nations of the world.
It is updated yearly to include the most up-todate information about every nation on the
planet.
We will use the CIA WORLD FACT BOOK to
unlock the location of Mansa Musa’s lost
treasure
Your Mission:
Find the location of the lost treasure!
1. Go to https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworld-factbook/wfbExt/region_afr.html
This website contains ALL the answers. You
just need to find them.
(Tip: CRTL + F is a quick way to find a word on a webpage)
2. Answer the questions in the attached Word
Document
3. Send the word document with your answers
back to your History teacher in a kmail.