The catalan atlas emphasized the preeminence of which western sudanic king

Mansa Musa was Mali’s leader who led the people as the king. He was showed his sitting on a gold throne by Catalan. They created wealth within a short period by heavy taxing traders in his kingdom. This is because his country had become an essential route for trading; some of those routes were those from the Trans Saharan regions. However, the kingdom of Mali under the leadership of Musa did not last because of unfortunate ruling and administration that occurred because of Songhai empire encroachment.

after the roman empire fell, some of its cultural achievements lasted for some time and others were lost. lost achievements include architecture , coins, and literacy. however, several things remained, such as the language. people may not have spoken this language in every city, but it influenced the languages they did speak. they also created the julian , which was commonly used until the eighteenth century.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.