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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.

Contributors:

Muller, Stan , director, producer

Green, John , onscreen presenter

Crash Course World History , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377

Musa, Sultan of Mali, active 1324

Africa, Sub-Saharan — History

Africa, Sub-Saharan — Social life and customs

International trade

Islam — Africa

Ghana — History

Mali — History

City-states — Africa

Manners and customs

Islam

City-states

Africa

Ghana

Mali

Sub-Saharan Africa

Genres:

Educational films

Online media

Internet videos

History

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 6, 2022).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (10 mins.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1292094893

Other Control Numbers:

99566076300971 (source: VaAlASP)
5145862 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5145862/avon