The hidden treasures of Timbuktu - Elizabeth Cox
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3 жыл бұрынDig into the ancient manuscripts, scrolls, and books of Timbuktu- and find out why they’ve been hidden for centuries.
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On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the desert sand, hid them in caves, and sealed them in secret rooms. Inside these chests was a treasure more valuable than gold: the city’s ancient books. Why were they hiding these priceless manuscripts? Elizabeth Cox digs into the literary tradition of Timbuktu.
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@ofdragonsandbooks3979 3 жыл бұрын
Every time i hear how much knowledge was lost due to war and ignorance towards other my heart aches
@luckyhazard156 3 жыл бұрын
Dont forget about culture as well. Man if we didnt have war, who knows how much we gave progressed by now
@bestuan 3 жыл бұрын
The books of the moors :(
@stefanozucchelli5410 3 жыл бұрын
@@luckyhazard156 or not. It's strange but war was a driving force to progress. It created and destroyed.
@Vhlathanosh 3 жыл бұрын
@@stefanozucchelli5410 it destroyed more than created.
@akbarrmd7714 3 жыл бұрын
THE F*CK WHY PEOPLE OF WAR DESTROYING SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE!!! first the Alexandria and then Timbuktu and worst is WW2. Why burning things that gave knowledge and possibillity of understanding. Why for god sake WHY?!!!!
@KiddoLoLOfficial 3 жыл бұрын
Books are the most exciting treasure that a person can find.
@hourscience 3 жыл бұрын
You are right! 😊
@abinothayyilsanoj4182 3 жыл бұрын
You can buy anything with money but not knowledge. Knowledge is power.
@tagreedibrahim9978 3 жыл бұрын
@@abinothayyilsanoj4182 education system: now I'll have to disagree with you there
@abinothayyilsanoj4182 3 жыл бұрын
@@tagreedibrahim9978 ?
@shweetaa 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@boogeymann6686 3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame what conquest and war does to important artifacts
@bobbyconroy5718 3 жыл бұрын
It’s an even bigger shame what it does to the people and their culture
@revrem4118 3 жыл бұрын
@Sandcastle • yup
@roizeldiez3500 3 жыл бұрын
😥😥😥
@hakimdiwan5101 3 жыл бұрын
@Sandcastle • Don't include religion in everything especially in war. Most wars are geopolitical and not religious.
@TheFamilyClub 3 жыл бұрын
Thirst of powers has done too much worst in this world. Books, people and society is not an exception to this. In between, people did lot of effort of preserve this knowledge. This is vey interesting to know that even in extreme poverty. Waooo
@Heman425 3 жыл бұрын
The animation continues to amaze me.
@Tannyboydegen 3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@darkstar9942 3 жыл бұрын
Really and it is increasing video by video.
@adityaarora5847 3 жыл бұрын
Believe me, the animation and the narrating voice were so amazing that I literally became unaware of my surroundings and went deep into the video. It was a minute or two that I regained my senses. Truly Amazing.
@prakharchaudhary9797 3 жыл бұрын
They remind me of avatar airbender series.
@zixzizia1066 3 жыл бұрын
How is this free
@MuhammadRafy 3 жыл бұрын
Someone should pdf them. Once on the internet, they're safe forever.
@mikkel1546 3 жыл бұрын
No it’s the treasure of Africa.
@keraatkins7833 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds good but who amongst can read Ancient Greek or early Arabic?
@mlinvil 3 жыл бұрын
@@keraatkins7833 I'll take the Greek!
@Mads_MH 3 жыл бұрын
@@keraatkins7833 the early Arabic is manageable for all Arabs because the language didn't change that much
@themrfriendly9511 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikkel1546 Information should be preserved forever and available for everyone.
@smallspace7 3 жыл бұрын
This hurts .I hope these heroes could keep their history
@cristianvillanueva8782 3 жыл бұрын
It really does.
@an.axolotl5812 3 жыл бұрын
I hope so too, but it seems like the condition recently isn't very promising from what I saw in this documentary kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJl5iLuY0puceo0.html , 8:45
@iraangelus5864 3 жыл бұрын
Why wont they give them up to the Europeans to take good care of them.
@charlesallenrosales6599 3 жыл бұрын
000
@Talleyhoooo 2 жыл бұрын
@@iraangelus5864 if they lasted this long, then they’re fine without them. Europeans also don’t have a great track record with paying respect and dignity towards other cultures. They would just take them, put it in their museums, and pretend like they stumbled onto it while take a stroll in a “savage” land. They’re doing exactly what they need to be doing
@abthedragon4921 3 жыл бұрын
This is something that always saddens me as a history major; to learn about all these ancient and medieval centers of knowledge like Timbuktu, Alexandria, Bagdad and Nineveh and watch their knowledge be lost (some almost forever). It just leaves me wondering how much more we could know if more of these texts survive. I seriously hope the chronicles of Timbuktu survive and are properly translated, so much could be learned form them.
@chestchirecateyes 2 жыл бұрын
It's not so much that the knowledge was lost; it's that said knowledge is often attributed/ascribed to others rather than to the melanated people who had actually possessed it.
@deepakagrawal1205 Жыл бұрын
Same happened when the islamists from central Asia invaded Taxila. It's a really sad affair. So much history is lost due to these acts.
@yahoodiagent4663 8 ай бұрын
@@deepakagrawal1205You do realise that Alexandria Timbuktu Baghdad Nineveh and Taxila are all Muslim majority cities. And 4/5 of them saw their golden age under Muslim rule
@nicholasm.796 6 ай бұрын
@@yahoodiagent4663 more like 2/5. Alexandria saw its golden age under Hellenistic rule. Nineveh was a ruin by the time of the Muslim conquests. Taxila was at its apex when it was ruled by the Kushan Empire hundreds of years before Muhammed was born.
@glynphelps9027 6 ай бұрын
And Constantinople
@saumyashree4926 3 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world
@TheFamilyClub 3 жыл бұрын
I heard people are very nice too. If you go, do take the pics of ancient books.
@shreeyamittal1771 3 жыл бұрын
Ge Ge Geli Zara...
@CooperDianeBob 3 жыл бұрын
Those savagss from Al-qaeda are trying to destroy this beautiful place
@danaashour8181 3 жыл бұрын
Visit jealuslem ( palestine 🇵🇸) read history
@nainabhadra270 3 жыл бұрын
Love Jerusalem ~From India
@mushfiqurrahman1107 3 жыл бұрын
The history of Africa, buried under sands
@DanielMwambi 3 жыл бұрын
With over 400 tribes Africa has a rich history
@hasanmuhammad6651 3 жыл бұрын
@The Green Man I prefer...earth but that's just me
@Asmaa_311 3 жыл бұрын
Africa's history is underrated...
@2phonebabykeem913 3 жыл бұрын
The desert has a habit of swallowing important places/things. Smh
@charles___ 3 жыл бұрын
@@DanielMwambi Nope
@eyuin5716 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556 - 1627) was also the greatest and most influential poet from the region.
@Zeel_BTS 3 жыл бұрын
I hope Ted-Ed does a video on him alone
@Brahmdagh 3 жыл бұрын
What does baba mean there?
@user-kt3jn7wx5f 3 жыл бұрын
@@Brahmdagh Father or Guru(Teacher)🙏🙏
@tekuaniaakab2050 3 жыл бұрын
Dear Humanity, Please stop burning books. They’re treasures and should be protected. Not be used as pyre. Best wishes.
@kafuchino3435 3 жыл бұрын
you should have said that a long time ago
@robynhood-rkal 3 жыл бұрын
This is why I love to read them!Knowledge is power❤
@priyv8710 3 жыл бұрын
Not humanity but people lacking it will destroy this priceless treasure..
@jacobandrews2663 3 жыл бұрын
I'm copying a comment here that I agree with wholeheartedly: Burning books should be classified as a war crime and should be punished severely.
@erismara9099 3 жыл бұрын
Looting as well
@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 3 жыл бұрын
Lol imagine standing for books but not saying anything about Drunk drivers not getting the same treatment as Homicide Killers ruining a Family
@kidmomo2 3 жыл бұрын
@@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n wtf are u talking about
@jacobandrews2663 3 жыл бұрын
@@kidmomo2 mans high
@patrickbueno3279 3 жыл бұрын
@@erismara9099 looting is kinda hard to make as war crime, because it is one of the many main reasons of war.
@varimas 3 жыл бұрын
So the phrase "All the way to Timbaktu" came from here.
@varimas 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this made my day. ❤
@KevinWebb 3 жыл бұрын
for more on that, look up 'Prestor John' a futile search for a fiction based on vague rumours from truth. But misunderstood by the viewpoint of the day.
@yousufsohail 2 жыл бұрын
I search this phrase on google, and it showed me the driving direction from my home all the way to Timbuktu literally :D
@MillionZillion 3 жыл бұрын
Books in Timbuktu: Can I live?
@Basic_Cat 3 жыл бұрын
French: *no* Timbuktu People: (hide and bury books) French: Understandable have a great day.
@melanc1132 3 жыл бұрын
@@Basic_Cat Timbuktu people: *My goals are beyond your understanding*
@syllavilla 3 жыл бұрын
Wow that's sad. Hopefully all the books can be recovered and be put in a safe place
@TheFamilyClub 3 жыл бұрын
Good
@xHannaHx33 3 жыл бұрын
More so I hope the people can live in peace
@syllavilla 3 жыл бұрын
@@xHannaHx33 and that too
@me2636 3 жыл бұрын
Yea, also can someone help summarize this vid? ;o;
@syllavilla 3 жыл бұрын
@@me2636 pretty much the books that contain history from west Africa are getting stolen or being destroyed by extremist
@slowcavalry 3 жыл бұрын
Strange how certain people will call West Africans savages when the Malian empire's knowledge and wealth rivaled that of Europe. Mansa Must literally destabilized the Egyptian economy by stepping foot in Egypt, European scholars studied in Timbuktu, and the gold from the West ended up being traded across the world.
@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 жыл бұрын
It's not strange, it's deliberate. That is a plan to scrub people clean of their own culture and allowing some other culture as a replacement for easier assimilation. Part of that plan involves destroying any tangible symbol of culture - be it living or not - and indoctrinating the rest
@Mojabi_ghost 3 жыл бұрын
Oof, I’m sorry they used to say those kinds of things against you guys. Europeans used those same tactics against my indigenous ancestors over here in the Americas, despite our many discoveries😔
@didosauce6008 3 жыл бұрын
Europe and America do that because they don’t like the idea of Africa, Asia, or the Middle East actually being powerful societies with immeasurable wealth and technology. The blast furnace was invented in China Steel was invented in India Mansa Musa of the West Mali empire had incalculable wealth, the closest we could get to was 400 billion dollars The Middle East invented our number system known as the Arabic number system The Middle East also invented coffee India developed algebra and trigonometry But you don’t hear any of that in school because our history is Eurocentric, meaning everything not European is automatically “savage”
@SaulofIceandFire 3 жыл бұрын
@@didosauce6008 All is correct tho but the arabic number system are actually indo-arabic as they were developed in ancient India. These were created by Indians like Aryabhatta and Brahmagupta. They reached the Islamic countries through the writing of scholars and travellers. Then the arabs were able to pass on this knowledge to the rest of Europe. Just a lil correction.
@hikmetabdulhamid 3 жыл бұрын
@@didosauce6008 Another correction coffee was found in Ethiopia.
@user-co2kt8dk7o 3 жыл бұрын
If peace was all we knew then our advancements would be monumental in all aspects.
@Jobe-13 3 жыл бұрын
We’d be unimaginably advanced by now.
@Zeel_BTS 3 жыл бұрын
Ironically, it's the wars which gave us more innovation. You wouldn't have the internet if the militaries didn't wanna spy on each other.
@Ethan-cz8xq 3 жыл бұрын
Actually, if we all knew peace, I'd say that we'd have far less advancement. Sadly, war seems to be an integral aspect of human development. But then again, war is the dominant force in history and peace is the exception. As Narvin said, the internet is only here as a decentralized institution because the army thought it would be harder to nuke.
@ahmaddeedatibrahim6631 3 жыл бұрын
@@Zeel_BTS technological progress, probably. Even then, technological progress can happen with or without war. But, certainly, cultural progress has always been hampered, even destroyed by war. Never romanticise war. You can arguably justify war against aggression, but you must never romanticise it.
@brosplit 3 жыл бұрын
@@Zeel_BTS some people see glass half full and half empty. You see it as half empty. War isnt needed to innovate. Timbuktu thrived & advanced not because of war, it destroyed by it. Just like Mayan, Egypt & Rama empire... war HALTED the progress of innovation because civilizations must restart due to the destruction caused by war.
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын
“Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” ― Plato
@kingramenxiv9850 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, awesome quote
@charlottem.1477 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen your other comments. I’ve liked all of them. Most certainly this one.
@Bro6837 3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how much wars have regressed humanity. And even more it still does.
@aranyaprakash5537 3 жыл бұрын
It's not war it's adharma which has taken men to destroy culture and knowledge of centuries just for a small glimpse of so called glory and domination until we as a human race come together and kick those fools conquer ideology it is gonna repeat itself
@iAmDe123 3 жыл бұрын
Almost all the technological innovations come from war lmao
@justgrey3114 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-eh2jy3yb6b and yet with all this technology one could argue that as a species we haven't progressed much
@yusufakhtar2209 Жыл бұрын
@@aranyaprakash5537 Agreed
@boubacarsissoko7459 2 жыл бұрын
So beautiful 🤩 to see this story in English about my country 🥰 and I’ve seen lot of people know about Mali 🇲🇱 also know the wealthiest man of all the time came from Mali 🇲🇱. Sadly 🥲 there is still war and insecurity in Timbuktu 😔. TED-Ed thank you for this video🙏🏾
@Alkalus 3 жыл бұрын
Timbuktu books: *exist* Songhai Empire, Moroccans, and French: _Hippity hoppity, these manuscripts are now our property._
@Brahmdagh 3 жыл бұрын
@David Harry-Ngonadi Those were probably the best of them all. Sadly.
@sedwillful 3 жыл бұрын
That's kinda bragging about you stole something from the African people of Mali. Who profits our their heritage; amazing.
@thehomeofgamingcats8299 3 жыл бұрын
Funny
@Indian-nd1di 3 жыл бұрын
This made me feel soo good that people were protecting books even in poverty...❤️ Often people ,for gaining power over others destroy knowledge,cause they know knowledge is the most powerful weapon. I hope everyone in the world will understand the power of knowledge , everyone should be educated to make this earth once again beautiful and peaceful as it was❤️
@notesmaker204 3 жыл бұрын
The animation... The story... The art style... My day... ... has been made better.
@aryanroy9050 3 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I have felt sorry for books.
@abloodorange5233 3 жыл бұрын
Library of Alexandria: Hellooo?
@steveaustin6608 3 жыл бұрын
@@abloodorange5233 Takshashila library : are yo sure?
@salsabilaziz1390 3 жыл бұрын
Library of Baghdad: Hello!.
@Zeel_BTS 3 жыл бұрын
Need more videos on African history. It's so beautiful
@donovanteo1917 3 жыл бұрын
It’s pretty sad how African history is always overshadowed by many others, we rarely hear anything about powerful African nations in the past due to the stereotypical impression that African countries were not as powerful as their western counterparts
@MasterCivilEngineering 3 жыл бұрын
TED is the treasure of knowledge!
@umarbasu 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@princechawdhary1250 3 жыл бұрын
I agree
@teddybabystudios5814 3 жыл бұрын
I also agree
@donpula6349 3 жыл бұрын
Yea very true...
@hitesh5984 3 жыл бұрын
Always happens like this. The outsider who captures a territory, destroys their books, eventually destroying the fundamental ideas and beliefs of the previous society. They would then teach their culture, potrait themselves as Superior and will easily rule the minds of the people
@unknownfact4466 3 жыл бұрын
Except when the Romans arrived to Greece.
@oliviamonteque6407 2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what the Europeans did!
@oliviamonteque6407 2 жыл бұрын
@@unknownfact4466 The Greeks stole and lernt from the Africans in Egypt and Rome took and learnt from the Greeks.
@TsulaAngenati2292 3 жыл бұрын
This makes my heart ache, on a brighter note: the art style is great, and so is the people who make this and see this
@deanab-se5op 3 жыл бұрын
Ok. Never heard of this before. *Kudos to the animator(s) for this great animation. One of the best, so far.*
@cristianvillanueva8782 3 жыл бұрын
If your interested, there's a great podcast here on KZfaq that talks about West African Kingdoms and Empires, its really amazing and brings knowledge to a part of history of history i never knew. Its called Fall of Civilizations Podcast, Songhai
@tamoriryo 3 жыл бұрын
God, stories of knowledge getting buried or stolen or simply gone due to war or hostility never fails on making me sad... Thank you for this educational video ❤️
@cristianvillanueva8782 3 жыл бұрын
Made me shed a tear
@oneilsmiley7580 2 жыл бұрын
Always makes me sad too ..kinda pisses me off
@d.j.ivanowsky5075 3 жыл бұрын
Even an ancient civilisation like many other ancient civilisations value education and scientific inventions while the modern one is burdened by it.
@liandremarcoricafort6606 3 жыл бұрын
A fact
@calebmurray4438 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like Karen’s were less excited to deny vaccines when *they* were actively dying of preventable diseases and not just their children.
@Ethan-cz8xq 3 жыл бұрын
That's actually not true. Our society actually values education more than the ancient societies! It's just that in our modern society, the uneducated people stand out, while in historical works there isn't much mention of the uneducated masses. The ancient civilizations did not have public education, we do. In the last two hundred years, literacy worldwide has gone from under 20% to over 80%.
@d.j.ivanowsky5075 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ethan-cz8xq A nice point mate. But that depends on the definition of literacy. In most countries it means being able to read and comprehend a sentence as well as write one in their native or any other language as far as I know. And yet to think 20% of the population can't do this is saddening. Not their fault though, the funds on public education and health are neither scrutinised nor implemented properly .
@me2636 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, also can someone summarize this vid? ;o;
@Devinci297 3 жыл бұрын
My grandparents are from Timbuktu!
@mikkel1546 3 жыл бұрын
What your ethnicity ?
@Devinci297 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikkel1546 Mandinka and Touareg. Name is Toure.
@mikkel1546 3 жыл бұрын
@@Devinci297 great
@natsudragnir6678 2 жыл бұрын
I'm also touareg we are very rare OMG😭
@quafshattaiyush2613 3 жыл бұрын
" A book holds a house of gold . " - Chinese proverb
@TheFamilyClub 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice and well said proverb. Thanks for sharing Syed
@blueberrychocolate4238 3 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how TED-Ed is doing videos on the subjects I just learned! Also, the animation is stunning!
@RawrJrRoar 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for clarify me about Timbuktu. I heard about this places from old movies quotes. However, the quotes always depict that place is somewhere 'miserable'. After your explanation, now i knew that Timbuktu is place of golden knowledges. Unfortunately, it become 'miserable' after being conquered and its knowledge being destroyed many times. Scholars of ancient times are very precise with their observation findings, especially in the middle of hot deserts.
@shubhanjanjoshi5580 3 жыл бұрын
They explain it so simply and adventurously The animation and narration is mind blowing I just get lost
@somerandomguy___ 3 жыл бұрын
I really and truly despise people in history that destroy books because it erases something infinitely more valuable than any materialistic thing you can think of and that is history
@TheFamilyClub 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the history of Timbuktu. It’s surprising to see how much effort people did to preserve the history of knowledge. They know it’s worth more than $$$$$$
@hebamalik_ 3 жыл бұрын
I literally stopped in the middle of work and randomly thought 'I need a break. Could do with a little Ted-Ed'. Much to my surprise, they had JUST posted a new video 😱
@Tazzz1508 3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@BronzeAgeMan1350 3 жыл бұрын
I was about to go to sleep. What time is at that part of globe
@stolen630 3 жыл бұрын
Nalanda university in India thought to first university... Also got destroyed by invasion.. Legends say that book burnt by the invasion took months to burn.. I would love to see TEDed video on that (Of course with heart ache for the knowledge lost)
@60ritikanand69 3 жыл бұрын
Not Nalanda. Takshila was the first.
@60ritikanand69 3 жыл бұрын
@@Aaron_1428 What defines a university? You tell me. There isn't a universal consensus. If a 'university' among whose alumni are Father of Surgery, Father of linguistics and first author of statecraft, and which attracted about 10k students from all over Asia, isn't a university, I don't know what will be one. Even Nalanda, Sharda, Virkamshila etc. came much before Moroccon University.
@yusufakhtar2209 Жыл бұрын
Conquerers are literally the most dumbfounded ppl.
@kilimanjaromeditationfrequ7871 3 жыл бұрын
Proudly African forever!
@me2636 3 жыл бұрын
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@vijaya_02 3 жыл бұрын
For making videos on such underrated topics,your channel,your whole team has my upmost RESPECT!
@sarcasticman8621 3 жыл бұрын
TED known better that how to tell historical events with amazing illustration than any other
@mihirverma4067 3 жыл бұрын
every book contains something remarkable in it. It's a journey to read a book 📕 to learn some incredible things in the world around us
@russellk9764 3 жыл бұрын
Is there anywhere we can donate to help protect this amazing collection of ancient knowledge, history and culture...?
@aaryansoni4012 3 жыл бұрын
Wow... It's so cool to hear the history like this. Thank you TED-ed
@himansu7352 3 жыл бұрын
Thankyou so much for this wonderful creation. Indeed it, explains unexplored and suppressed.
@anonymousdude2550 3 жыл бұрын
Timbuktu in past TED in present, both are full of treasure of wisdom ❤️
@alexandersfather9795 3 жыл бұрын
I love history. People that lived before us without modern technology. Epic wars and battles is just awesome
@kafuchino3435 3 жыл бұрын
but yea they live in far worse condition than us
@karenwilliams9805 3 жыл бұрын
So much work animating this... well done!
@THEKj1972 3 жыл бұрын
A beautifully animated video! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
@junies6197 3 жыл бұрын
timbuktu: *is a succsesful city with many intellectual texts and precious materials such as salt and gold* the morrocan king in the 16th century: imma bout to end this city's whole career
@hasanmuhammad6651 3 жыл бұрын
noooooo
@junies6197 3 жыл бұрын
@I'm not flat, stop asking huh, that's interesting to learn!
@kingvxv6438 3 жыл бұрын
It was Songhai empire they Sacked, which was divided between the king sons.civil war broke out , they grew weak and burst like bubble when the Morocco army showed up
@me2636 3 жыл бұрын
@I'm not flat, stop asking Huh, cool also can someone help summarize this vid? ;o;
@francisdudero5022 3 жыл бұрын
Notice most conquerors who encourage scholarship and learning mostly ushers periods of great prosperity.
@cristianvillanueva8782 3 жыл бұрын
What id give to live in a golden age rn.
@smolsssnake8431 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing animation! Keep up the good work!
@sumitsinghstories 3 жыл бұрын
The animation is so poetic and mesmerizing! Love it!
@nandlalodedara2492 3 жыл бұрын
Similar things happened with India's Nalanda University, World's once oldest University where many foreign schlors came to gain knowledge unfortunately under Turkish Force led by Bhaktiyar Khalji it was burned down and I must say the amount of information lost was ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE!!!!! I think one should research about this too.... Edit: To people correcting me ,Thanks. I really didn't knew about the total history....but anyways the context was destruction of valuable information and this point shouldn't be just ignored.
@balakrishnashetty7855 3 жыл бұрын
I said that just after you man😥
@alexbanks4219 3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't it Bhaktiyar Khilji who destroyed Nalanda? During mamluk dynasty's Delhi sultanate? Before that it had also been attacked by the Mongols. It was already destroyed way before Babur came to India so, before Mughal Empire. I think you need to do some more research on this.
@riturajmishra9092 3 жыл бұрын
Gain full knowledge it was destroyed by mamluk dynasty 1200 not mongols they came
@hourscience 3 жыл бұрын
Proud to be Indian ❤️
@palebluedot1765 3 жыл бұрын
I think you must have studied it on WhatsApp, because it was destroyed by mumluk dynasty!!
@JadeTrading 3 жыл бұрын
My relaxing animation time came back!
@unapersona6439 3 жыл бұрын
The animations are FANTASTIC
@riridari1210 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but whenever I hear or read about ancient monuments, manuscripts or traditions getting distroyed due to war or something like that, it makes my heart ache (literally) and make me want to cry. I just cannot handle it. It's just very disturbing for me.
@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.” ― Aristotle
@taqi5675 3 жыл бұрын
i hope all African can be proud of their heritage and migrating back to african continent to build what have been lost.
@abetterworld8698 Жыл бұрын
Wow😍 Informative and much entertaining. The graphics are at point!
@saurabhjain9785 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Animation. A treat for the eyes.
@DeepakDanielNesarajDA 3 жыл бұрын
And yet so many among us refuse to read and write. Let us all take this as a calling card to read more and write more.
@jmmaribong4350 3 жыл бұрын
Just my opinion but it's not refusing, but not agreeing to the way they handle the education system today, education system turn us into just a puppet of the government (the corrupt ones), they want you to be what you don't want if you want to make a living yourself, those who follow their heart or what they want are always ended up in tight spots and hard to find any jobs.
@sayanchakraborty3720 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Ted-Ed for the surreal animation and mind-enthralling narrations breaking the dungeons of time to help us transport to Timbuktu within 5:35 minutes. You all are doing an amazing job!
@IndeeshMukhopadhyay 3 жыл бұрын
Such commitment to learning is beautiful
@sanatanmishra12345 3 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of videos 😍😍😍😍😍 It always sends a chill pu my spine 😘😘😘 thank you for making such grate videos for all
@AveryTalksAboutStuff 3 жыл бұрын
Came for the history and stayed for the beautiful animation. 💛
@microsoftedge968 3 жыл бұрын
Please make a video on library of nalanda Fun fact : Nalandha university took 6 months to burn due to that many boks present in there
@zakirreshi6737 3 жыл бұрын
Yesterday I heard first time about Timbuktu and today you posted it✌️
@charlottem.1477 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who has been on this earth longer than I’m willing to admit..... This, THIS was what I was obsessed with as a kid! Ty, ty, ty
@piyushm2340 3 жыл бұрын
The people who are in the favour of wars haven't seen one..
@blobofconsciousness 3 жыл бұрын
Nailed it!!
@sanketparab3243 3 жыл бұрын
Sometime things r like that only...people at that time didn't knew it's importance , but we do.we should try to not let such things happen in our time ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@stormbreaker7166 3 жыл бұрын
Your voice and narrative ability is touches the heart of the reader!! Unique!
@arisho7776 3 жыл бұрын
I swear I could watch Ted's videos all day and still not get bored
@sour__casm 3 жыл бұрын
Truth is, no matter what year it is, education will never be given the importance it deserves. People care about only power, fame and money.
@ananya.a04 3 жыл бұрын
True
@shuchitatiwari8748 3 жыл бұрын
My appaji had named treasure hunt Timbuktu ki khoj(Timbuktu's search) I just came to know why
@mjstory1976 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome and informative video
@kevinyoussef9821 3 жыл бұрын
I love this so much, I love stories about scholarly cities, please ted Ed give me some books about that
@vinitagiwal5697 3 жыл бұрын
This same thing also happened with Nalanda . According to folk lores the institute of Nalanda burnt for 6 months.
@-ahmed121 3 жыл бұрын
The animation make me feel like I’m in dessert or something
@ajithkumar-jk1ne 3 жыл бұрын
Such diverse culture. Africa is truly a continent that evokes curiosity. I hope we can retrieve the manuscripts.
@littlechemie5425 3 жыл бұрын
Timbuktu is one of African city I wanted to visit the most.. Its unique history really intrigues me. Hope someday I can safely visit it
@no.reply_ 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for revisiting Timbuktu can you do more west African videos I've been learning more about West African history these days
@Phillipwnn 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone talking about the books but can we talk about how beautiful this animation was.
@thestig6212 3 жыл бұрын
I thank you for making this video
@ikeekieeki 3 жыл бұрын
beautiful art to illustrate this interesting story. i hope the surviving books can be archived safely
@yupnope4669 3 жыл бұрын
We just went over west african empires in AP world history
@no.reply_ 3 жыл бұрын
You must learn it on your own it's really cool. I've taken it up during quarantine people always lament how school never taught them but when grown-up we are in charge of what we want to learn
@guyogodana4767 3 жыл бұрын
The old ghana kingdom? We learnt those in grade 7
@guyogodana4767 3 жыл бұрын
The mali empire?
@yupnope4669 3 жыл бұрын
@@guyogodana4767 yes so did I , we are just going over it cuz it will be ok the AP rxam
@sedwillful 3 жыл бұрын
@@no.reply_ These were Africans who were essentially integrated into Islam. Here's the connection between Islam and Africa. It was invaded during the 7th century AD; shortly aftewards, we see African Muslims or Moors, overthrowing Spain and essentially ruling for 700yrs. After their expulsion, Rome instated a doctrine allowing the enslavement of blacks due to manifest destiny.
@tejaswinik 3 жыл бұрын
Store them in Museums (available ones)
@ec4tp036 3 жыл бұрын
The animation is so good!
@SouthSideChris 3 жыл бұрын
Askia the Great is mentioned in this video but he definitely deserves his own video documenting all of his greatness. But it is great to see Africa's wealth of knowledge being spoken about on this page. Nice video.
@saumyashree4926 3 жыл бұрын
Treasures of wisdom come from within
@brindade2004 3 жыл бұрын
It's so sad that the Sufis and the French could stoop so low but it's great that the people over there are still trying to protect the books.
@brindade2004 3 жыл бұрын
@Fedor Silva yes, now I know. Actually I am from India. So while reading about Aligarh Movement, I discovered this fact.
@AABraun 3 жыл бұрын
its inaccurate about Sufis because they existed in several countries and still do and we haven't heard such thing from any other place Sufism is about spirituality, why would they burn books? a little research has to be done on this
@realtalk6195 8 ай бұрын
@@AABraun Sufism isn't a monolithic movement and contains widely diverse ideas and practices.
@AABraun 8 ай бұрын
@@realtalk6195 none of those ideas and practices include destroying knowledge of books.. Sufis are those who accept even the the most denigrated and despised of the society with open arms unlike conservative religious people..!
@harsh3624 3 жыл бұрын
Just when I was bored, Ted Ed uploaded a fascinating video.
@vittoprince 3 жыл бұрын
I like these types of videos. It makes you wonder, what was the treasure? What happened to that lost city? It makes me giddy.
@otakulord9121 2 жыл бұрын
One of the most heinous things that is frequently taught is that Africans had no writing prior to European colonization. When there were not only libraries and universities in Timbukto but not too far away in Nigeria they had their own indigenous writing system known as Nsibidis that is some 2000 years old. In truth all of West Africa had some form of writing.
@agrajyadav2951 Жыл бұрын
You should never trust something made by Europeans or Americans.
@AnitaKingsley-pg1uc Ай бұрын
Hi! I'm excited to be here in your channel and I'm interested in learning more about investing and saving up for my retirement but am a little confused about the whole process. Any advice or tips to get me started up would be greatly appreciated.
@Trumpleen Ай бұрын
Gold and copper remains the best investment to venture in, especially as a beginner, it's not always affected by the downturn of the market
@FillyBen-yw9kw Ай бұрын
I won't recommend gold and coop although it's a good investment. I'll suggest digital assets as it's the best future investment. It's advisable to seek financial assistance based on your available capital and area of interest or preference.
@chaemcho1203 Ай бұрын
The number one skillset that an investor need to have is extreme patience and invest with a professional broker to guide you!
@Cora761 Ай бұрын
Buy low and sell high, also ensure you invest with a professional who has a unique skill in manipulating the market for profit gain. GOODLUCK!!!
@Oraotu Ай бұрын
I have one question, everytime I buy low and sell high I should be making more money right? But my wallet becomes less and less, why is this?
@Sasha-ce6lq 3 жыл бұрын
The animation is immaculate😍💯
@afrikanocentro 2 ай бұрын
Timbuktu "The City of the Wise". Thank you, very much.
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