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Crash Course World History I: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa

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What is going on in Sub-Sahara Africa? As it turns out, a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, some impressive architecture, and several empires. Host John Green covers the West African Malian Empire, which is the one Mansa Musa ruled. This episode also covers the Ghanian Empire and discusses the trade-based city-states of Mogadishu, Mombasa, and Zanzibar. Part of the "Crash Course World History" series.

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