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

so after 15th century

the rest of the world made major leaps

which never reached africa

due to the geographic barriers

@lemion they were heavily behind already before 15th century

yeah nothing to do with geography

im providing more recent examples

because by the world u mean europe

and europeans went to africa

you will never find anything like this in africa

and thats 8th fucking century AD

never heard of malian scriptures