Musa I of Mali, also known as Mansa Musa, was the tenth emperor of the Mali empire. On the other hand, Askia Mohammad I "The great" was a senonike king of the Songhai empire.
Mansa Musa
- Mali's most famous ruler
- Went on a Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca)
- Sent scholars to study in Morocco, who later established schools in Mali to study the Qur'an
Askia the great
- One of Songhai's greatest rulers
- Created a professional army
- Established plenty of schools and made islam part of the empire
- He owned salt mines
Common characteristics
- They were muslim kings
- They cared about their people's education
- They established schools
- They built mosques
- They conquered Mali in different periods of time