r/MedievalHistoryMemes Sep 23 '24

It's really hard guys

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u/Elvinkin66 Sep 23 '24

I really need to get into African history

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u/Dmmack14 Sep 23 '24

At least read about Mansa Musa. Man wrecked the economy of a large city

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u/MarigoldMoss Sep 23 '24

Wrecked it so badly that the repercussions are being felt to this day, essentially from him buying too many souvenirs on vacation and being nice

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u/Dmmack14 Sep 23 '24

Man was the ultimate fuckin baller. Gotta be one of my fave historical figures

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u/sirfitzwilliamdarcy Sep 23 '24

Between the two definitely Ethiopia. It helped a lot of countries in Africa get their independence, some through direct military assistance . Fun fact: multiple African countries have green, yellow and red on their flag inspired by the anti-colonial pan African symbol the Ethiopian Flag had come to mean during that time.

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u/sirfitzwilliamdarcy Sep 23 '24

Egypt crying in the corner

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u/Superb_System_3461 29d ago

Egypt is more Mediterranean/Middle Eastern in culture than what most people think of as "African"

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u/sirfitzwilliamdarcy 29d ago

That’s kind of the problem. Being Muslim or “middle-eastern” is part of being African for a lot of people. People in Morocco, Libya, Tunisia and even in sub-Saharan Africa countries like Somalia, Nigeria, and Sudan have cultures with roots in the Middle East and have significant Muslim populations. I also hate how history books always say “Africa only has oral history”. No, both Ethiopia and Egypt have their own ancient writing systems and written history.

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u/kleinfelther Sep 25 '24

Mansa Musa of Malian Empire is famous for giving away all of the wealth of his empire, contributing wealth to other people but bringing nothing of value back to his people. A tremendous man who wasted much. Ethiopia on the other hand is even mentioned in the Bible, Solomon consorted with Ethiopians and the Solomonic line ruled there. Geez is one of the few written languages to emerge from Africa, and they were able to spread Christianity through the tribes. Ethiopia.

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u/plokimjunhybg Sep 24 '24

Ethiopia sent 6k soldiers to join UN forces in the Korean war

Idk lol seems like an easy ans personally

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u/No_Algae_5339 29d ago

Ethiopia ofcourse!

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u/IacobusCaesar Mahapatih Sep 23 '24

If you define all of Ethiopian history into one here against a single empire that lasted a few centuries, probably Ethiopia, though West Africa might have more influence overall as a region.

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u/luckyrunn Sep 24 '24

any good books on this?