*subsaharan

well he was the richest person of all time

no he wasnt this is just a popular myth

you read that one story about the mali king visiting egypt and causing inflation

and you think mali was a big thing in the scheme of history 🤦

name another leader with more richess then

it was

regardless

but at that period

gold is less valuable than agriculture

back then

even marcus crassus was probably richer...

you gotta know the context

by todays standards its much different

no he wasnt

@lemion yeah but thats for gdp

dude for fucks sake

look at the material culture

of the greatest african empires

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agriculture was the main factor for gdp thats all

seriously?

no roga ur being just plain racist

that for the 14th century? seriously? some parts of europe were more advanced 700 bc already

That’s kinda cool

if that mali king was really that rich

agriculture decided what prospered or not

>if the culture is different then its inferior

@lemion wrong

how come he didnt leave anything impressive?

and geographical factors

he did

>That’s kinda cool
it might be kinda cool but technologically, architecturally thats nothing impressive at all

africa geography left them : arable terrain, minerals and oil

not a lot of arable terrain at all

the sahara desert plays a big factor

little contact with the other continents was viable

less trade and spread of ideas and technology

africa has barely any arable land at all

ur wronf dude just look up a map