Season Two:
Episode 10 – Desert Empires
Badawi explores the extraordinary empires of West Africa that emerged and gave rise to some of the most fascinating rulers in history. Mansa Musa, the emperor of the Mali empire in the 14th century C.E., is estimated to have been the wealthiest person in history. During his famous pilgrimage to Mecca, he was apparently so generous with the empire’s gold that it led to a gold recession in the economies of Cairo, Medina and Mecca.
This looks amazing…thanx for the links…..years ago I was in Mali and learned about Mansa Musa….since then I have tried to keep up with the history of Africa especially the Sahel region….chuq
Did you by any chance go to Timbuktu?
Yes I did and to Sankore University…it was amazing….chuq
Did you take so pictures?? The most I can do is visit on Google earth 😭
I did but most of my memories were lost in Katrina….sorry….chuq
I am very sorry to hear that Chuq.
Looks very interesting.
Yes I’ve watched the entire series. Ancient African history is so often overlooked.