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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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The Empire of Mali - The Twang of a Bow - Extra History - #1

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... Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon (--More below) Subscribe for new episodes every week! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://goo.gl/HkzwQh Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ___________ Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: contact@extra-credits.net ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Get the outro music here! http://bit.ly/23isQfx *Music by Sean and Dean Kiner: http://bit.ly/1WdBhnm

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Anonymous

For this Series I am going to Quote Leonard Nimoy's Voice Acting from the Civ IV Technology thingy. For starters: Hunting *Ping!* "If you chase Two Rabbits you will lose them both" ~ Native American saying

Anonymous

You guys don't mind if I use this video as a link in the West African history that I teach.

Ryan Wojciechowski

This might be premature but if the empire Mali came from the Ghana empire what happened to result in there being a republic of Mali and a Ghana in Africa today? Also is it possible the emperor found the american continent or just the oceanic current that lead to it?

Guidrion

I'm really excited and happy about this serie. Too often, Africa gets the short hand of the stick when it comes to history.

Jessica Cheeri

I'd guess that when the republics of Mali and Ghana became independent from French Soudan and British Gold Coast, respectively, they elected to use the old empire names out of historical continuity.

Anonymous

Yo, I am already seeing the mechanics of Civilization VI in play!

Anonymous

Awesome! I've been waiting for this for so long! I'm so glad I suggested this topic!

Anonymous

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Bill Lemmond

Thank you. When I was in grade school, I experienced a 3-year rotation between Virginia, US, and world history. I was always sad and frustrated as the world history year went on, and less and less time was left for the non-European parts of the word. Latin America was last of all, with only a bout 3 or 4 weeks left before class es ended for the summer break.