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Crash course world history. Episode 16, Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa / directed by Stan Muller ; produced by Stan Muller.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377.
- Ibn Batuta.
- Musa, Sultan of Mali, active 1324.
- Musa.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social life and customs.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- International trade.
- Islam--Africa.
- Islam.
- City-states--Africa.
- City-states.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.
- Ghana--History.
- Ghana.
- Mali--History.
- Mali.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (10 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Crash Course World History, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- 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 women, trade, some impressive architecture, and several empires. John not only cover the the West African Malian Empire, which is the one Mansa Musa ruled, but he discusses the Ghana Empire, and even gets over to East Africa as well to discuss the trade-based city-states of Mogadishu, Mombasa, and Zanzibar.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 6, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1292094893
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