| The story of Mansa Musa tells a good deal about the role of the Sahara in world history. |
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| Mansa Magha only ruled for four years before he died and was replaced by his uncle Sulayman, who was the brother of Mansa Musa. |
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| Mansa Musa told him that he was from a dynasty where the authority is transmitted by inheritance, and recounted the adventures of the king who ruled before him. |
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| Mansa Musa was so wealthy and his country so little known to most Egyptians that his expenditures of gold and his conversations with local notables were recorded in great detail. |
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