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Mansa Musa's Lavish Pilgrimage
- Mansa Musa I's pilgrimage featured a caravan of 60,000 men and 80 camels carrying 24,000 pounds of gold.
- His generosity caused a decade-long economic crisis from gold inflation affecting Mediterranean markets.
Start of European Colonial Rush
- European explorers claimed territories often based on who arrived first and papal decisions.
- This marked the beginning of the global colonial rush and new legal claims to overseas lands.
Treaty Shaped Modern Territories
- The Treaty of Tordesillas split new lands between Spain and Portugal along a longitude line.
- It shaped the modern linguistic and territorial map, such as Portuguese Brazil versus Spanish Americas.