The Empire of Mali – The Twang of a Bow – Extra History – Part 1
The Empire of Mali – The Twang of a Bow – Extra History – Part 1
📜 History of the Empire of Mali: While the old Ghana Empire waxed wealthy due to taxes on trade passing through its lands, the new Empire of Mali born in its stead had expanded borders that included vast lands of gold…
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In a tense battle over the fallen capital of the Ghana Empire, Sundiata's bow bends, the string twangs, and the arrow flies… or so the great epic of the Mandinka says. And from this battle, the Empire of Mali will be born.
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Why didn't you say he went to north America? you clearly avoided that. Why is that???? I HONESTLY THOUGHT YOU WAS NON-BAIS -.- come on dude not all people will know where he went.
Is the "great river flowing through the ocean" supposed to the gambian river?
8:25 That reminds me of that one Emperor in the Elder Scrolls who sailed off to conquer Akavir but died
of all history, the most tragic to me will always be african history and african american history. slavery is horrifying, what has happened to the continent of africa is horrifying, and the amount of atrocities merely forgotten about in a blur of violence that we now think of as normal for the region is insane. worse yet is seeing the flourish of life prior, the empires and kingdoms and wealth that was plundered from africa. the scramble for africa is the most frustrating thing that i ever learned of.
Just to feed an idea about the exploratory fleet: What if their explorations weren't over the atlantic ocean (as far as I know the winds on the equator are mostly weak) than on the western atlantic coasts. What if the great river was f.e. the Kongo?
Did they ever reach America who knows??
The empire of Mali is a joke……….
You actually made my childhood since I was 11 its crazy 19 now
. I love your past videos and future I wish you luck and love.
He did this at 18???? thats insane
Who was this narrator, and what made him decide to stop narrating Extra History??? 🤔😕
😅Imagine as soon as you finally learn how to walk. Your buddies are already plotting on your downfall. 😢 You really can't trust anybody these days.
So…. Mali discovered the New world
Kind of funny that Sundiata won his unlikely victory in the year 1234
Now malis gold is in the vaults of france
i'm so grateful to this channel cos it has made my work so easy. i have a history paper in 3days time and Mali empire is one of the areas that will come. i was reading a book about Mali but it was lenghty and was worried i could not finish it before time. this video has simplified everything for me. the narration was simple and very interesting
This is good for kids that are in grand7
I have a pet theory that they made it but couldnt return succesfully and became the olmec
Thanks ❤
as a direct descendent, i declare Manden Hegemony will rise once more, and as a result, all peoples will enjoy a better tomorrow.
I hope there will be more videos about world history and Vietnam. Thank you team, every video is good 👏🏻
Thank you for this, it helps with homeschooling younger kids 👍😊
Mali means money where I'm from. Fitting name to describe this dynasty at its height.
1:18 I'm sure it was the roosters spur that did the trick.
The first two minutes of this share a shocking amount of similarities with the animate overlord
sundjata has an campaign in age of empire 2 definitive edition
4:09 I only see a glorious King who is well versed in the art of war (I'm Asante (Lit Because of War))
4:12 Ok, now that's too far. Kante, you looked so promising
"What if the Mali colonized the Americas" now THERE is a prompt for Alternate History Hub.
Malians in age of empires 4
Kick ass!
Can you please do an episode on the Al Muravid dynasty? They were the ones responsible for the attack on the Ghanna empire.
The lack of critical analysis definitely makes this video less "edu-" and more "-tainment". Mansa Musa's telling of his predecessor's voyage across the Atlantic appears in one Arabic text by al-Umari. No other oral tradition or historical writings talk about it. In fact, al-Umari doesn't even receive his story from Musa directly, rather hearing it from the governor of a Cairo district who befriended the Malian king. On the archaeology side there is, at this point, no physical evidence on either shore of a great African fleet or African engagement in South America.
I understand that African history needs a fair shake and is vastly underrepresented in our shared human story, but winking uncritically at pseudohistory doesn't help. John Green also mentions this tidbit in his West Africa video, but correctly mentions the lack of evidence to help balance the historicity.
(I'll stop being a downer now)
5:33
Can I see your references please?
Thanks to Extra Credits. Kudos to their crew!
Mali, one of EU4's most fun nations
0:21 🇮🇨 ❤️ most people forget at least one of the seven canary isles. But you got them all there. I appreciate such a high level of accuracy
Wish we could get a docu drama, Viking’s like series to help flesh out the events of African history. That would be so cool.
I always love learning new history about Africa and Asia. One problemm though: Mansa Abubakari never existed. The most likely Mansa who disappeared into the Atlantic was Muhammad Ibn Qu, the 8th Manssa and the predecessor of Mansa Musa.
Can that river be drums roll THE AMAZON ??!!
Please can you explain the Ghana empire??
I got a full mark on my test just from you ty so much👍🏼
Good to know know this never heard of Kante and Sundiata
I can not like this video enough! Thank you for telling West Africa's story…
Thanks
I hope they do a more in-depth look at Ghana in the 8th century
4:56 bruh
Thanks
Whenever a story ends with “and they were never heard from again,” there’s always only 2 possibilities: 1) they died horribly, or 2) they were having an affair an ran away with their lover to start a new life somewhere else.