The hidden treasures of Timbuktu - Elizabeth Cox

[@ofdragonsandbooks3979]

Every time i hear how much knowledge was lost due to war and ignorance towards other my heart aches

[@luckyhazard156]

Dont forget about culture as well. Man if we didnt have war, who knows how much we gave progressed by now

[@bestuan]

The books of the moors :(

[@stefanozucchelli5410]

@@luckyhazard156 or not. It's strange but war was a driving force to progress. It created and destroyed.

[@Vhlathanosh]

@@stefanozucchelli5410 it destroyed more than created.

[@akbarrmd7714]

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]

Books are the most exciting treasure that a person can find.

[@hourscience]

You are right! 😊

[@abinothayyilsanoj4182]

You can buy anything with money but not knowledge. Knowledge is power.

[@tagreedibrahim9978]

@@abinothayyilsanoj4182 education system: now I'll have to disagree with you there

[@abinothayyilsanoj4182]

@@tagreedibrahim9978 ?

[@shweetaa]

Absolutely

[@Heman425]

The animation continues to amaze me.

[@Tannyboydegen]

Me too

[@darkstar9942]

Really and it is increasing video by video.

[@adityaarora5847]

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]

They remind me of avatar airbender series.

[@zixzizia1066]

How is this free

[@boogeymann6686]

It's a shame what conquest and war does to important artifacts

[@bobbyconroy5718]

It’s an even bigger shame what it does to the people and their culture

[@revrem4118]

@Sandcastle • yup

[@roizeldiez3500]

😥😥😥

[@hakimdiwan5101]

@Sandcastle • Don't include religion in everything especially in war. Most wars are geopolitical and not religious.

[@TheFamilyClub]

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

[@smallspace7]

This hurts .I hope these heroes could keep their history

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

It really does.

[@an.axolotl5812]

I hope so too, but it seems like the condition recently isn't very promising from what I saw in this documentary kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGSshoudopprgLs , 8:45

[@iraangelus5864]

Why wont they give them up to the Europeans to take good care of them.

[@charlesallenrosales6599]

000

[@Talleyhoooo]

@@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

[@saumyashree4926]

I always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world

[@TheFamilyClub]

I heard people are very nice too. If you go, do take the pics of ancient books.

[@shreeyamittal1771]

Ge Ge Geli Zara...

[@DianeCooperTW]

Those savagss from Al-qaeda are trying to destroy this beautiful place

[@danaashour8181]

Visit jealuslem ( palestine 🇵🇸) read history

[@nainabhadra270]

Love Jerusalem ~From India

[@abthedragon4921]

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]

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]

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.

[@Darkknight86291]

​@@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]

@@Darkknight86291 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]

And Constantinople

[@tekuaniaakab2050]

Dear Humanity, Please stop burning books. They’re treasures and should be protected. Not be used as pyre. Best wishes.

[@kafuchino3435]

you should have said that a long time ago

[@robynhood-rkal]

This is why I love to read them!Knowledge is power❤

[@twilightincosmos]

Not humanity but people lacking it will destroy this priceless treasure..

[@jacobandrews2663]

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]

Looting as well

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

Lol imagine standing for books but not saying anything about Drunk drivers not getting the same treatment as Homicide Killers ruining a Family

[@kidmomo2]

@@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n wtf are u talking about

[@jacobandrews2663]

@@kidmomo2 mans high

[@patrickbueno3279]

@@erismara9099 looting is kinda hard to make as war crime, because it is one of the many main reasons of war.

[@slowcavalry]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@didosauce6008 Another correction coffee was found in Ethiopia.

[@mushfiqurrahman1107]

The history of Africa, buried under sands

[@DanielMwambi]

With over 400 tribes Africa has a rich history

[@hasanmuhammad6651]

@The Green Man I prefer...earth but that's just me

[@Asmaa_311]

Africa's history is underrated...

[@2phonebabykeem913]

The desert has a habit of swallowing important places/things. Smh

[@charles___]

@@DanielMwambi Nope

[@MuhammadRafy]

Someone should pdf them. Once on the internet, they're safe forever.

[@mikkel1546]

No it’s the treasure of Africa.

[@keraatkins7833]

Sounds good but who amongst can read Ancient Greek or early Arabic?

[@mlinvil]

@@keraatkins7833 I'll take the Greek!

[@Mads_MH]

@@keraatkins7833 the early Arabic is manageable for all Arabs because the language didn't change that much

[@themrfriendly9511]

@@mikkel1546 Information should be preserved forever and available for everyone.

[@eyuin5716]

Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556 - 1627) was also the greatest and most influential poet from the region.

[@Zeel_BTS]

I hope Ted-Ed does a video on him alone

[@Brahmdagh]

What does baba mean there?

[@कश्परैना]

@@Brahmdagh Father or Guru(Teacher)🙏🙏

[@syllavilla]

Wow that's sad. Hopefully all the books can be recovered and be put in a safe place

[@TheFamilyClub]

Good

[@xHannaHx33]

More so I hope the people can live in peace

[@syllavilla]

@@xHannaHx33 and that too

[@me2636]

Yea, also can someone help summarize this vid? ;o;

[@syllavilla]

@@me2636 pretty much the books that contain history from west Africa are getting stolen or being destroyed by extremist

[@MillionZillion]

Books in Timbuktu: Can I live?

[@Basic_Cat]

French: *no* Timbuktu People: (hide and bury books) French: Understandable have a great day.

[@melanc1132]

@@Basic_Cat Timbuktu people: *My goals are beyond your understanding*

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” ― Plato

[@kingramenxiv9850]

Wow, awesome quote

[@charlottem.1477]

I’ve seen your other comments. I’ve liked all of them. Most certainly this one.

[@varimas]

So the phrase "All the way to Timbaktu" came from here.

[@varimas]

Yes, this made my day. ❤

[@KevinWebb]

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]

I search this phrase on google, and it showed me the driving direction from my home all the way to Timbuktu literally :D

[@Bro6837]

I can't believe how much wars have regressed humanity. And even more it still does.

[@aranyaprakash5537]

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]

Almost all the technological innovations come from war lmao

[@justgrey3114]

@@魚-o6k and yet with all this technology one could argue that as a species we haven't progressed much

[@yusufakhtar2209]

@@aranyaprakash5537 Agreed

[@F87-b9c]

If peace was all we knew then our advancements would be monumental in all aspects.

[@AyubuKK]

We’d be unimaginably advanced by now.

[@Zeel_BTS]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@notesmaker204]

The animation... The story... The art style... My day... ... has been made better.

[@boubacarsissoko7459]

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🙏🏾

[@Indian-nd1di]

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❤️

[@Alkalus]

Timbuktu books: *exist* Songhai Empire, Moroccans, and French: _Hippity hoppity, these manuscripts are now our property._

[@Brahmdagh]

@David Harry-Ngonadi Those were probably the best of them all. Sadly.

[@sedwillful]

That's kinda bragging about you stole something from the African people of Mali. Who profits our their heritage; amazing.

[@thehomeofgamingcats8299]

Funny

[@Zeel_BTS]

Need more videos on African history. It's so beautiful

[@TsulaAngenati2292]

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

[@aryanroy9050]

This is the first time I have felt sorry for books.

[@abloodorange5233]

Library of Alexandria: Hellooo?

[@steveaustin6608]

@@abloodorange5233 Takshashila library : are yo sure?

[@salsabilaziz1390]

Library of Baghdad: Hello!.

[@MasterCivilEngineering]

TED is the treasure of knowledge!

[@umarbasu]

Exactly

[@princechawdhary1250]

I agree

[@teddybabystudios5814]

I also agree

[@donpula6349]

Yea very true...

[@hitesh5984]

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]

Except when the Romans arrived to Greece.

[@oliviamonteque6407]

This is exactly what the Europeans did!

[@oliviamonteque6407]

@@unknownfact4466 The Greeks stole and lernt from the Africans in Egypt and Rome took and learnt from the Greeks.

[@DonDon45-i5h]

@oliviamonteque6407 and the Mongols when they destroyed baghdad

[@quafshattaiyush2613]

" A book holds a house of gold . " - Chinese proverb

[@TheFamilyClub]

Very nice and well said proverb. Thanks for sharing Syed

[@tamoriryo]

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]

Made me shed a tear

[@oneilsmiley7580]

Always makes me sad too ..kinda pisses me off

[@d.j.ivanowsky5075]

Even an ancient civilisation like many other ancient civilisations value education and scientific inventions while the modern one is burdened by it.

[@liandremarcoricafort6606]

A fact

[@calebmurray4438]

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]

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]

@@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]

Yep, also can someone summarize this vid? ;o;

[@deanab-se5op]

Ok. Never heard of this before. *Kudos to the animator(s) for this great animation. One of the best, so far.*

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

If your interested, there's a great podcast here on KZbin 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

[@RawrJrRoar]

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.

[@somerandomguy___]

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

[@shubhanjanjoshi5580]

They explain it so simply and adventurously The animation and narration is mind blowing I just get lost

[@hebamalik_]

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]

Nice!

[@BronzeAgeMan1350]

I was about to go to sleep. What time is at that part of globe

[@blueberrychocolate4238]

It’s amazing how TED-Ed is doing videos on the subjects I just learned! Also, the animation is stunning!

[@TheFamilyClub]

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 $$$$$$

[@kilimanjaromeditationfrequ7871]

Proudly African forever!

[@me2636]

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[@ajithkumar-jk1ne]

Such diverse culture. Africa is truly a continent that evokes curiosity. I hope we can retrieve the manuscripts.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Came for the history and stayed for the beautiful animation. 💛

[@riridari1210]

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.

[@sarcasticman8621]

TED known better that how to tell historical events with amazing illustration than any other

[@vijaya_02]

For making videos on such underrated topics,your channel,your whole team has my upmost RESPECT!

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.” ― Aristotle

[@mihirverma4067]

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

[@junies6197]

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]

noooooo

[@junies6197]

@I'm not flat, stop asking huh, that's interesting to learn!

[@kingvxv6438]

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]

@I'm not flat, stop asking Huh, cool also can someone help summarize this vid? ;o;

[@tigerkang4629]

It's so good to see African history being shown on a mainstream KZbin channel

[@Devinci297]

My grandparents are from Timbuktu!

[@mikkel1546]

What your ethnicity ?

[@Devinci297]

@@mikkel1546 Mandinka and Touareg. Name is Toure.

[@mikkel1546]

@@Devinci297 great

[@natsudragnir6678]

I'm also touareg we are very rare OMG😭

[@charlottem.1477]

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

[@nandlalodedara2492]

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]

I said that just after you man😥

[@alexbanks4219]

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]

Gain full knowledge it was destroyed by mamluk dynasty 1200 not mongols they came

[@hourscience]

Proud to be Indian ❤️

[@palebluedot1765]

I think you must have studied it on WhatsApp, because it was destroyed by mumluk dynasty!!

[@stolen630]

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)

[@LordGrim547]

Not Nalanda. Takshila was the first.

[@LordGrim547]

@@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]

Conquerers are literally the most dumbfounded ppl.

[@anonymousdude2550]

Timbuktu in past TED in present, both are full of treasure of wisdom ❤️

[@sayanchakraborty3720]

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!

[@vinitagiwal5697]

This same thing also happened with Nalanda . According to folk lores the institute of Nalanda burnt for 6 months.

[@alexandersfather9795]

I love history. People that lived before us without modern technology. Epic wars and battles is just awesome

[@kafuchino3435]

but yea they live in far worse condition than us

[@DeepakDanielNesarajDA]

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]

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.

[@afrikanocentro]

Timbuktu "The City of the Wise". Thank you, very much.

[@taqi5675]

i hope all African can be proud of their heritage and migrating back to african continent to build what have been lost.

[@kendra2061]

Grazie infinite per questa meravigliosa ricerca ...grazie non è ancora abbastanza ❤!❤

[@russellk9764]

Is there anywhere we can donate to help protect this amazing collection of ancient knowledge, history and culture...?

[@SouthSideChris]

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.

[@francisdudero5022]

Notice most conquerors who encourage scholarship and learning mostly ushers periods of great prosperity.

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

What id give to live in a golden age rn.

[@royzhu5735]

This animation is underrated and definitely astounding

[@otakulord9121]

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]

You should never trust something made by Europeans or Americans.

[@1.5Koreans0.5American]

My relaxing animation time came back!

[@littlechemie5425]

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

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[@Trumpleen]

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[@Cora761]

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[@Oraotu]

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?

[@sosensualandfree]

Sound design and animation on this video >>>>>>>>>>>>

[@piyushm2340]

The people who are in the favour of wars haven't seen one..

[@blobofconsciousness]

Nailed it!!

[@stormbreaker7166]

Your voice and narrative ability is touches the heart of the reader!! Unique!

[@fmichaela99]

This is so beautiful and fascinating to me... at least up until the French came into the picture (colonisers, typical). My heart hurts for all the books burned and lost, though. Maintaining one's culture is vital!!! Thank you for this video :)

[@kitography6803]

‘A sailor went to Timbukto, to see what he could Timbukto, but all that he could Timbukto, was the bottom of the deep blue Timbukto.’ - This was the last rhyme in a song children sang at my primary school, never knew it was a real place till now!

[@sanketparab3243]

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 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@himansu7352]

Thankyou so much for this wonderful creation. Indeed it, explains unexplored and suppressed.

[@TheVirumXD]

I love how slowly but surely the world is seeing the Islamic world's rich history

[@anirbanpatra3017]

People do not see islam as benign, terrorists have already tarnished its image which will be pretty hard to undo.

[@mr.anonymous2965]

@@anirbanpatra3017 yes terrorists funded by foreign powers Why shall one care about image among people who made separate churches for blacks and whites ?

[@TheVirumXD]

@@anirbanpatra3017 hopefully this is all changing

[@abdiguinean4940]

Its African history

[@me2636]

@@abdiguinean4940 Bruh

[@arisho7776]

I swear I could watch Ted's videos all day and still not get bored

[@sour__casm]

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]

True

[@Sasha-ce6lq]

The animation is immaculate😍💯

[@no.reply_]

Thank you for revisiting Timbuktu can you do more west African videos I've been learning more about West African history these days

[@unapersona6439]

The animations are FANTASTIC

[@saumyashree4926]

Treasures of wisdom come from within

[@stefanhrvatski9152]

Props to the artist for the picture at 2:40. I can't read arabic, but everything looks really detailed. Amazing work here!

[@unknownfact4466]

I saw the original of some of those images in a Wikipedia article, so my guess is that the drawings are inspired from actual documents.

[@stefanhrvatski9152]

@@unknownfact4466 That's what I thought. Still, they drew it in such detail!

[@microsoftedge968]

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

[@sumitsinghstories]

The animation is so poetic and mesmerizing! Love it!

[@brindade2004]

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]

@Fedor Silva yes, now I know. Actually I am from India. So while reading about Aligarh Movement, I discovered this fact.

[@AABraun]

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]

@@AABraun Sufism isn't a monolithic movement and contains widely diverse ideas and practices.

[@AABraun]

@@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..!

[@lepetitprince3220]

Salute to the civilians who guard the books and knowledge..

[@Phillipwnn]

Everyone talking about the books but can we talk about how beautiful this animation was.

[@sjappiyah4071]

Man the Animation, and music score here was epic, feels like I'm watching a West African history anime, I'd be so down for that!

[@-ahmed121]

The animation make me feel like I’m in dessert or something

[@bouboudembele256]

I am proud of my country even though its history has been ignored.🇲🇱🇲🇱😭😭

[@shuchitatiwari8748]

My appaji had named treasure hunt Timbuktu ki khoj(Timbuktu's search) I just came to know why

[@sanatanmishra12345]

I love this kind of videos 😍😍😍😍😍 It always sends a chill pu my spine 😘😘😘 thank you for making such grate videos for all

[@yupnope4669]

We just went over west african empires in AP world history

[@no.reply_]

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]

The old ghana kingdom? We learnt those in grade 7

[@guyogodana4767]

The mali empire?

[@yupnope4669]

@@guyogodana4767 yes so did I , we are just going over it cuz it will be ok the AP rxam

[@sedwillful]

@@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.

[@manojs2410]

My view of Timbuktu changed today. Look up to them with respect. Wise culture

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” ― Carl Sagan

[@gomezmario.f]

We need to scan these books ASAP!

[@bdambition]

It’s sad how such a place with a vast knowledge and history that could benefit the world is forced to hide underground as the people are forced to face the same financial and political challenges even to this day.

[@prasadsawant1824]

When I read treasures I though it would be about gold but then it was all about ancient knowledge Thanks Ted Ed for putting out such a great msg that Knowledge is far more valuable than materialistic wealth

[@bestuan]

Man are books important, look how much we lost from Mali Iraq India and Spain, all because of scorching