The Mali Empire - The Rise and Fall | History Explained

In 1324, a king of the Mali Empire rode into Cairo with so much gold that its price collapsed for over a decade. Yet the empire began with a boy who could not walk, Sundiata Keita, who united the Mande clans at Kirina. Follow the Mali Empire from the silent gold trade through Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta to Moroccan guns outside Djenne in 1599. How did the richest kingdom on earth simply fade away? Subscribe for more history explained. #MaliEmpire #HistoryExplained #AfricanHistory CHAPTERS: 0:00 The River at Djenne 0:02:46 The Silent Trade 0:09:34 The Boy Who Could Not Walk 0:14:31 The Cockerel Spur at Kirina 0:17:47 Horsemen of the Mande 0:29:17 The Slave Who Took the Throne 0:37:07 Gold in the Streets of Cairo 0:44:21 Across the Salt Desert 0:59:30 The Boulder of Gold 1:05:57 The Rise of Songhai 1:15:29 Guns Across the Sahara 1:21:56 The Thatch at Kangaba