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To: maceng2 who wrote (65395)8/15/2010 2:07:41 AM
From: Snowshoe1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217576
 
This guy had a lot of gold, so he might have been TJ's ancestor... ;>)

Musa (Mansa)
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Mansa Kankan Musa[1] was the tenth mansa or emperor of the Mali Empire during its height in the 14th century. He ruled as mansa from 1312 to 1337.

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During this period, there was an advanced level of urban living in the major centers of the Mali Empire, especially in comparison with the relative backwardness of much of Europe. Sergio Domian, an Italian art and architecture scholar, wrote the following about this period: "Thus was laid the foundation of an urban civilization. At the height of its power, Mali had at least 400 cities , and the interior of the Niger Delta was very densely populated." [5]



To: maceng2 who wrote (65395)8/15/2010 2:28:49 AM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217576
 
successful at maintaining a just, law abiding, productive society?

Anglos
Latinos
Chinese
Germanic
Japanese
Scandinavians
Slavs (to certain degree and only because they are too close to Germanic, Latino and Anglos.

Arabs? Nope. Obscurantist. Only have a short period of success when oil is source of income and all that is worked and managed by foreigns.

Indians? Nope of the sub-continent? Artificial divisions of society.

Jews? Nope. They just kept moving from one productive society to another where the business was good.
Last time they tried to stay in one place they had not been that successuful...