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Today, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the most powerful force in Africa.
Find out how this civilization grew up on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, among some of the most extreme conditions that nature can throw at us. Discover how it grew and flourished, passing through a process known as the imperial cycle, and learn about what ultimately caused its sudden and dramatic collapse.
** Fall of Civilizations the book is now available to pre-order: linktr.ee/fallofcivilizations **
SOURCES: www.patreon.com/posts/29534736
Credits:
Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas
Voice Actors:
Jake Barrett-Mills
Rhy Brignell
Bryan Tshiobi
Pip Willett
Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: incompetech.com/
Title theme: Home At Last by John Bartmann. johnbartmann.com/
Special thanks to the Trust for African Rock Art (TARA) and Emma Silvester at Royal African Safaris for footage of the Dabous Giraffe: www.africanrockart.org
Views : 9,418,910
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Jul 19, 2020 ^^
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Pretty cool that you can find such thorough, high quality documentaries on YouTube these days. Compared to the made for TV documentaries that have obnoxious sound effects and loud, unfitting music the quality of this series is truly impeccable.
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As a Songhai, I am so grateful for this video. If it wasn't for it, I would of still been clueless of the Greatest Empire that my ancestors had built in west Africa. Thank you!
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In the old times, before the Internet and global media conglomerates, this is what documentaries used to be like. On PBS they were even this long and had zero adverts. This series is a standard to which we used to hold informational content. The world as it exists today feels like the tail end of one of these fallen civilizations.
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I am so happy to see this. I am Songhai and we were taught about this in school. I was always raised to know that I come from great people and great civilization. I am glad more people are taking about it.
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Can we PLEASE get another one of these... This is amazing content! African empires don't get enough attention and these stories need to be shared.
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Could you do a video about Ancient Nubia? It has a long rich history and its criminally underrated and has been overlooked.
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This reminds me of what history channel used to be like. Back before ice road truckers and gold diggers. You have made my long work hours so much easier by giving me something to consume and research when I get home. I appreciate you Mr. Cooper!
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As a scholar of Art History and Geology and Climatology I have been taught to have a healthy skepticism of Western and European views of history. When you talk about the histories and chronicles of the Songhai Empire and the selective memory and recounting bias, it made me laugh. Some things never change. However this much seems true, you have much of this skepticism as well, and never have i seen the completeness of coupling geology and climatology, religion and culture into such a clear history. You leave us with room for discovering more, because you tell us exactly where the gaps in information are. You point out the flaws and biases likely to color the available history. As a result, your history is respectful, measured, and modest while at the same time rich and enlightening. Truly a pleasure to devour. I was equally awed by your history of the Sumerian Civilization. I can't wait to learn more.
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As a West African, I really love this and how you've put this in proper context, laying it out in a way that helps us understand the geography of the place, its people and their society. This is amazing, even more so for someone like myself who knows this history and I must say, well done. There is a lot lot more African history that's just as intriguing as this. Please do more like this. Bravo! ๐๐พ
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Absolutely brilliant! I spent a semester in Mali while in college and learned a lot about its history. I am always so disappointed with any documentaries of this region as they tend to be very condescending and Euro-centric. Finally, this documentary provides a more matter of fact and deeply researched and highly intelligent view.
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"I have witnessed the ruin of learning, and its utter collapse."
Man, I teared up at that. At least some people still valued it enough to preserve what works they could. I kind of wondered if Timbuktu was a real place or not as a kid, can't believe I never knew it was basically a city sized library. And I thought the library of Alexandria was a big deal. Learn something new everyday, huh? Some things can't collapse forever.
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I can't binge this. There is so much quality that I ponder over every video for a couple of days before moving on.
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THANKS! Precolonial African history used to be an absolutely blind spot for me for far too long. And then fidning this jewel of a documentary -absolutely great!
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I absolutely love this narrator.....heโs clear and concise ,and gives an interesting story to all his videos ! Iโm 75 and enjoy learning about history especially presented by this wonderful man. Thank you ๐ so much. Blessings from Australia ๐ฆ๐บ.
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As a distant relative of Musa the 9th Mansa of the Mali empire, I must say, incredible work by Paul. Thank you for bringing my people's great, long lost civilization back to the attention of the world.
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A great documentary about Africa's history; a history which had been denied until recent years. I can't wait for your narratives about the other kingdoms and city states- Great Zimbabwe, Hausa Fulani, Kush, Aksum, City States of the East African coast, etc. which predated colonialism by hundreds of years. It's only when we recognized Africa's contribution to human history that we might start respecting our human species. You are the best historian I have ever listened to!
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Just Imagining the battle between the Moroccans and the Songhai through the amazing narrating sends chills throughout my entire body. Great documentary and story telling
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Your documentaries are the only series that I can wholeheartedly recommend to my students. Impeccable work. Your videos have a production quality above and beyond what is shown on any TV network.
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I think this is one of the most impressively written, researched, and put together video programs on youtube.
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@Jerry333Scott
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Last year I decided to start watching History Videos while I walk 1.5 miles each day on my treadmill, 3, 30 minute sessions each day. I am up to close to 500 hours of viewing. Mentally I have been all over the world. Focused on all the different World Cultures. I will say that these videos are the absolute best I have seen, Few come close to the standards exhibited here. Thank you, you made me a richer 70 year old man.
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