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The Empire of Mali - An Empire of Trade and Faith - Extra History - #2 (Patreon)

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2018-04-20 17:31:00
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Ibn Battutah wrote a book called "The Travels," producing the only eyewitness account of the Mali Empire. So today we’re going to follow him, letting his journey teach us about how trade built the realm.  

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The Empire of Mali - An Empire of Trade and Faith - Extra History - #2

Seeking a meeting with the emperor of the Mali Empire, a man named Ibn Battutah journeyed across the perilous Sahara sands to discover Mali's gold... instead, he found out how Mali blended its Islamic and African cultures. Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon (--More below) Subscribe for new episodes every week! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://goo.gl/HkzwQh Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ___________ Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: contact@extra-credits.net ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Get the outro music here! http://bit.ly/23isQfx *Music by Sean and Dean Kiner: http://bit.ly/1WdBhnm

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Martin Verran

Alternate History Idea: what if, instead of Vanishing without a Trace, Emperor Abubakri II and his Fleet Successfully Navigated the Atlantic Ocean and Eventually Landed at OTL Roanoake Island, where they Established a Colony? Civ IV Technologies ~ Archery *Ping!* “Do not Throw the Arrow which will Return against you.” ~ Kurdish Proverb

Jason Youngberg

It sounds like Battutah expected to get rich just by showing up. That doesn't sound very holy.

Brett

Is it just me, or did this episode just completely skip ahead of Mansa Musa's famous journey and just assume the audience knows what it was about? A viewer completely new to the period isn't going to have the context for that simply from the these first two episodes.

Joshua Evans-Lowell
>>11724639

They said they're doing that in the next episode. Probably because Ibn Battutah is a good character to explain the trans-Saharan trade, and that's important to understanding Mansa Musa. So they're building an idea instead of going chronologically. It's an interesting narrative choice.

Brett
>>11724639

Okay. I was just confused because they mention his journey in this episode without any real context of what it...was. I'm familiar with it, so I was worried I was getting my wires crossed and just forgetting a mention last week, but I went back and checked and he didn't get any a single word. It's hard for me to say, but I'd worry that a newcomer wouldn't get why that journey prompted Ibn Battutah to visit just from this.

Tomer Ashkari

I loved this video it was great!!!

Calvin McClory

Isn't IB the current record holder for most interesting man?

Calvin McClory

Will Dan start narrating with his real voice? Will someone get confused over flags? Will James ascend to a higher plan of conciseness? Find out next time, On EHZ.

Joo-Hwan Jun

One could say the steak joke in this video is well done.

Bill Lemmond

Thank you for pointing out Ibn Batuta's faults, as well. But now I'm thinking of something Solomon said: "Everyone sees their own way as right, ..." So we are all prone to miss our own faults. I think that's one reason we need each other. Solomon also said "As iron sharpens iron, one man sharpens another."