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Kind of Blue

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9. Thanks for the article! The only exception I have though

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 10, 2019, 02:04 PM

Mar 2019

is the depiction of Musa's caravan of all white men. He was a black African as black as Malians are today. I think this is the earliest representation of Musa, 1280-1337, by Jewish-Moroccan cartographer Abraham Cresques, 1325-87. The article's image is from 1670 by an unknown artist.

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Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived [View all] applegrove Mar 2019 OP

In history, wealth is relative. It's also extremely subjective. defacto7 Mar 2019 #1

"generous handouts" - not a Trump forefather. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #2

I thought the honor belonged to Jacob Fugger MFM008 Mar 2019 #3

You're trying to tell me this guy was a rich mother? 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #4

Not when economic historians, as per Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #8

Is that the same guy that sends me e-mails from Nigeria? He seems nice. dameatball Mar 2019 #5

Holy Fuck, what an incredibly ignorant response. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #6

It was indeed an interesting article and my comment was in jest. My apologies that it was not dameatball Mar 2019 #10

It was apparent to me that your comment was a joke, one better suited Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #11

Okay, thank you for replying. I have nothing else to add. dameatball Mar 2019 #12

Cool. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #13

Good stuff! marble falls Mar 2019 #7

Thanks for the article! The only exception I have though Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #9

I did not notice that he/they were not black. Good catch. applegrove Mar 2019 #14

Thanks, applegrove. I really appreciate that! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #15

We gotta get the facts right. Especially on the important stuff. applegrove Mar 2019 #16

Yeah, we can only hope that facts and knowledge Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #17

Epic kick! Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #18