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If someone asked you who the richest people in …(1)…were, who would you name? Perhaps a billionaire …(2)…or corporate mogul, like Bill Gates or John D. Rockefeller. How about African King Musa Keita I?
…(3)…the Mali Empire in the 14th century CE, Mansa Musa, or the King of Kings, amassed a …(4)…that possibly made him one of the …(5)…people who ever lived. But his vast wealth was only one piece of his rich legacy. When Mansa came to power in 1312, much of Europe was racked by famine and …(6)…civil wars. But many African kingdoms and the Islamic world were flourishing, and Mansa Musa played a great role in bringing the …(7)…of this flourishing to his own realm.
By strategically annexing the city of Timbuktu, and reestablishing power over the city of Gao, he gained control over important …(8)…routes between the Mediterranean and the West African Coast, continuing a period of …(9)..., which dramatically increased Mali’s size.
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Từ mới:
mogul: ông trùm, người có vai vế, người có thế lực
vast: rộng lớn, mênh mông, bao la
legacy: gia tài, di sản
famine: nạn đói
realm: vương quốc
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