L'homme le plus riche du monde ? Mansa Musa et le Mali médiéval

Today, we're going to discover a mysterious figure, a ruler sitting atop a mountain of gold, controlling a vast territory almost entirely unknown to 14th-century Europeans. This man is Mansa Musa, the richest man in the world… or so they say! Because you'll see that with him, drawing the line between truth and legend is never easy. Fill your water bottles, mount your camel, and prepare to cross the hottest of deserts, heading for medieval Mali. Let's go! How can you support me? My Patreon page:   / moyenagedanstesoreilles   My shop:   / shop   My social media: Instagram:   / moyenagedanstesoreilles   Facebook:   / le-moyen-Âge-dans-tes-oreilles-10008919172...   Email: [email protected] Bibliography Hadrien Collet, The Sultanate of Mali: A Regressive History of a Medieval Empire (21st-14th Centuries), CNRS Editions 2024 Hadrien Collet, “1324. The Sultan of Mali, Musa, Visits Mecca,” in Romain Bertrand (ed.), Exploring the World. Another History of the Great Discoveries, Le Seuil 2019, pp. 96-100 François-Xavier Fauvelle, Masks and the Mosque: The Mali Empire (13th-14th Centuries), CNRS Editions 2024 François-Xavier Fauvelle, The Golden Rhinoceras. History of Medieval Africa, Alma 2013 François-Xavier Fauvelle, Thinking about African History, CNRS Editions 2022 Michael Angelo Gomez, African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa, Princeton University Press 2018 Musical Pieces Used Vox Vulgaris - Cantiga 166 James Newton Howard - The Egg Travels Trevor Morris - Ivar Travels the Silk Road Petteri Sainio - Remember Your People Roque Banos - Essex Leaving Harbor Amine Bouhafa - Shooting the Statues Roque Banos - Chase Walking Nantucket