Mansa Musa, Richest Man [digital video]

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Title:

Mansa Musa, Richest Man [digital video]

Series:

Great courses (Streaming video)

Publication Date:

2016

2017

Publication Information:

The Great Courses, 2016.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

History’s richest human being was reputedly the African emperor Mansa Musa. Trace the events of Musa’s legendary hajj to Mecca, where his lavish spending destabilized the economy of Egypt. Learn about his subsequent creation of a university and library that remain among the most important repositories of ancient wisdom in the world.

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In Process Record.

Film

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

History, Modern.

Geographic Term:

Middle East -- Study and teaching.

Genre:

Middle Eastern Studies