University:
University of Wyoming
Course:
AMST4300 | American Culture and the Public Sector
Academic year:

2023
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209

Pages:

2
Author:

Allison B.

1. According to the BBC article in module ten, how did local historian/storytellers view Mansa Musa’s generosity during his trip to Mecca? Were they all pleased? Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim, when we went to visit Mecca he left Mali with a caravan of 60,000, including his court, soldiers, entertainment, merchants, and 12,000 slaves. While he was in Cairo for three months, he gave out so much gold that the price of gold plummeted the economy of the region for 10 years, causing havoc on the economy. On his way back through Egypt again, Musa tried to undo some of the economic havoc he caused by removing some of the gold from circulation by borrowing it back at heavy interest rates on himself from Egyptian leaders. Others in Mali, jelis, the were irritated to say the least because they had thought that Musa wasted their wealth and resources outside of the empire The authors of the article state that Musa’s generosity caught the attention of both Mali and the rest of the world. 2. According to the video linked in the files of module ten (from the Beinecke library at Yale) how were early Portolan charts ornamented, and why? Portolan charts, also known as vellum charts, were illustrations and maps of the water trade routes in the Mediterranean. The charts emerged in Spain and Italy in the thirteenth century. Overtime, chart making became an artform. They were ornamented with compass roses and rhumb lines showing the direction of wind patterns. 3. According to the article in module ten on the Black Death, what was the plague originally called, and why/when was the name changed? The pandemic was also referred to both as the “Great Plague” and the “Great Pestilence”. Some historians also coined the pandemics as "Great Mortality”. Writings referring to the plague as “Black” in Swedish and Danish chronicles in the sixteenth century. “Black” because of the severity, isolation, and fear that were prevalent in the era. Justus Hecker mistranslated the Latin phraseatra mors (meaning, terrible, black, or death). “Black death” as the term for the plague in German and English writings and other content. 4. According to the article linked in module eleven, what was the unique role that Salerno played in medieval medicine? In the twelfth century where medical schools were growing in popularity in Europe, Salerno was medical school in southern Italy, that was repetuedly opened by a trio of the major European/Middle Eastern religions; Christianity, Islam, and Judiasm. In medieval medicine, Serano permitted women to study in their programs. This and their founders being of different religions led them to be different than many of the other Medical schools in Europe developing at the time. 5. According to the British Library article linked in module eleven, how was John Wycliffe different from other reformers such as Jan Hus? Unlike many other reformers, like Jan Hus, John Wycliffee died in 1384 of natural causes, whereas Hus, who was influenced by Wycliffe’s ideas, was burnt at the stake and other reformers who met violent ends.