Question 5269 • 670201 World History S1 – MYERS, JOSHUA A
Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire, which controlled important trade routes across West Africa and the Sahara. The empire gained wealth by taxing and managing the trade in valuable goods, especially gold and salt. So the correct choice is controlling the gold and salt trade; the other choices do not describe the main source of his fortune.
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