Timbuktu: From a Golden City to Great Ruins

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The great Mansa Musa was the most iconic king of the Mali Empire. Considered to be one of the richest men ever, Mansa Musa is not only the right answer to a commonly asked trivia question but also one of the inspirations behind Marvel’s Black Panther. Although the other kings who reigned over Timbuktu may not be known quite as well as Mansa Musa, their lives have also inspired stories we are quite familiar with today.
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  • @D4L_457
    @D4L_4573 ай бұрын

    I heard older Black people use to say i will knock you back to Tibuktu, but didn't know it was in Africa. Wonder did they know.

  • @tallspicy
    @tallspicy Жыл бұрын

    I have been there. You better know how you are getting home. It is very sad what has happened in the last 5 years in Mali.

  • @FortunePayback
    @FortunePayback5 ай бұрын

    Interesting. I like randomly scrolling over earth on Google earth, and just happened across this. It was very captivating! In the middle of nowhere, sizeable city, and very clearly had some history.

  • @lahmerali7652
    @lahmerali7652 Жыл бұрын

    so fantastic ♥️

  • @deshawnmoore1731
    @deshawnmoore1731 Жыл бұрын

    This video has so many errors I don’t know where to start… 1. Morocco did not hold Timbuktu by the Time of the French Invasion; Timbuktu was held by Tidjaniya Caliphate during the French Invasion and the Bambara Empire prior to that 2. Whilst the Original founders are Tuareg, The largest Ethnic Group is Songhay; Tuaregs were largely assimilated or expelled from the Region or Left to the North under numerous successive kingdoms 3. NEARLY 100% of your images of Timbuktu or The Djingareyber Mosque is of an entirely different mosque…. You posted the Great Mosque of Djennè more in a video about Timbuktu than Timbuktu itself… 4. The 1990 Tuareg Rebellion wasn’t seated at Timbuktu but in Gao; The modern Separatist are seated in Kidal Just some of the millions of glaring errors with this video

  • @Ma1q444

    @Ma1q444

    8 ай бұрын

    Where would you say is a good source to learn about Timbuktu and Mali.

  • @deshawnmoore1731

    @deshawnmoore1731

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Ma1q444 I would suggest reading: The Meanings of Timbuktu by Shamil Jeppie and Timbuktu Chronicles by Christopher Wise & Hala Abu Taleb To get a baseline understanding of both

  • @Ma1q444

    @Ma1q444

    8 ай бұрын

    @@deshawnmoore1731 thanks

  • @tomkinstle1925
    @tomkinstle1925 Жыл бұрын

    You had me confused from the beginning. "Sorta like an ancient New York City" .....in that it's nothing like New York City. Then using a reference that made sense "A Mecca" only made the first comparison make less sense.

  • @johnl5316
    @johnl5316 Жыл бұрын

    "the halls of history"..What does that mean?

  • @jeffbillings-el6110
    @jeffbillings-el61108 ай бұрын

    All were Moors , there's different types of Moors

  • @tosheatower
    @tosheatower5 ай бұрын

    You keep showing the mosque of DeJenne, and not Timbuktu.

  • @johnnybravo6951
    @johnnybravo6951 Жыл бұрын

    Africa during its Islamic Age vs. African during its Christian Age

  • @angelicamonk7058

    @angelicamonk7058

    Жыл бұрын

    The Christians ruined everything everywhere!

  • @taniekawest3151
    @taniekawest3151 Жыл бұрын

    There is no berebers thats a Roman name you ignore pre Islamic tribes of people who do to the desert pushed inward Africa these tribes exist in west Africa now and are not arabs but they were black just like those black people on the ancient rock art before any arabs

  • @johnl5316
    @johnl5316 Жыл бұрын

    Berbers are not Arabs, so they would descend from an Arab population

  • @skidmark7845
    @skidmark7845 Жыл бұрын

    As soon as you said BCE I turned off your video for spreading propaganda

  • @psycho9815

    @psycho9815

    Жыл бұрын

    What propaganda?

  • @adamkerman475

    @adamkerman475

    8 ай бұрын

    @@psycho9815 BCE is the non religious way of saying BC, this person is claiming that using a non religious terminology to refer to the date is atheist or similar propaganda.

  • @andylutz3505

    @andylutz3505

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@adamkerman475it is still the same years as BC, meaning it has the same religious origin, therefore it is useless and silly to use instead of BC

  • @adamkerman475

    @adamkerman475

    7 ай бұрын

    @@andylutz3505 it disconnects the terminology from religious texts but I agree that it’s silly to continue using the same years.

  • @jeffbillings-el6110
    @jeffbillings-el61108 ай бұрын

    All were Moors , there's different types of Moors

  • @mahdimehdi445

    @mahdimehdi445

    6 ай бұрын

    Nuh uh Timbuktu was sacked by moors in 1591

  • @jeffbillings-el6110

    @jeffbillings-el6110

    6 ай бұрын

    @mahdimehdi445 Yes, they were dissatisfied with each other . MOORS WAS FIGHTING MOORS , IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. , REMEMBER THE MOORS HAD JURISDICTION OF THE MAGHREB ( Moorish territory) all the way to the Americas ( The ALL MAGHREB) the farthest West ! From Libya to the Americas was Moorish territory.. Libya, Algeria, Tuina, Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Niger , North South, and Central America is Moorish territory, under the Moorish Empire ! Not counting Spain. Portugal, and Southern France! ( The Iberia Peninsula ) And other territory! The Moors had the largest Empire in the world . 🌎 You didn't know that the Americas was once connected to Africa ( so-called Africa ) it was one landmass , but it wasn't called Africa, the First True and Divine for the whole continent Amexem ( lands of the GODS , land of the Holy people.. As I've said before, there are many types of Moors . Moorish is a civilization. Moor means Lord ( Amazighs, Imazighens) mean [ born of Noble and Royal birth !]

  • @jeffbillings-el6110

    @jeffbillings-el6110

    6 ай бұрын

    @@mahdimehdi445 Moors has always fought one another !