Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16
In which John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, trade, beautiful...
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Hi, my name’s John Green, this is Crash Course: World History, and today we’re gonna talk about Africa.Mr. Green Mr. Green! We’ve already talked about Africa. Egypt is in Africa, and youhaven’t shut up about it the entire course -Yeah that’s true, Me from the Past. But Africa’s big - it’s like, super big - muchbigger than it appears on most maps, actually.I mean, you can fit India and China, and the United States if you fold in Maine. All ofthat fits in Africa! Like any huge place, Africa is incredibly diverse, and it's a mistaketo focus just on Egypt. So today let’s go here, south of the Sahara desert.[theme music]First, let’s turn to written records. Oh, right. We don’t have very many, at least not writtenby Sub-Saharan Africans. Much ...
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Hi, my name’s John Green, this is Crash Course: World History, and today we’re gonna talk about Africa.Mr. Green Mr. Green! We’ve already talked about Africa. Egypt is in Africa, and youhaven’t shut up about it the entire course -Yeah that’s true, Me from the Past. But Africa’s big - it’s like, super big - muchbigger than it appears on most maps, actually.I mean, you can fit India and China, and the United States if you fold in Maine. All ofthat fits in Africa! Like any huge place, Africa is incredibly diverse, and it's a mistaketo focus just on Egypt. So today let’s go here, south of the Sahara desert.[theme music]First, let’s turn to written records. Oh, right. We don’t have very many, at least not writtenby Sub-Saharan Africans. Much ...
