Architecture

Modern Day Mali
Mali has very distinctive architecture. Mosques are made of sundried mud with branches of trees sticking out to help the yearly refinishing after the summer rains.

**Ancient Mali**
In ancient Mali they built social and religious stuctures (mostly religious). Rulers ordered [|mosques] to be built and palaces to be converted into mosques. Gao, Djenne and Timbuktu had very big mosques. Djenne had 3 mosques, the last of the three was made from rice husks, earth and water. The mosque was four stories high, had three [|minarets] that were almost __//**60**//__ feet high (18.2 meters) and the spires were topped with ostrich eggs, meaning good fortune and fertility.

A Malian Mosque. citation: http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Architecture/BougouniMali.JPG

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