Mansa Musa, its most famous emperor.

最著名的皇帝曼萨· 穆萨 ( Mansa Musa) 。

However, many believe Mansa Musa's wealth outdoes that of all modern billionaires.

然而，许多人认为曼萨穆萨的财富超过所有现代亿万富翁。

Mansa Musa memorialized his journey by building a mosque at the heart of his empire.

曼萨· 穆萨 ( Mansa Musa)通过在他的帝国中心建造一座清真寺来纪念他的旅程。

The Mali empire continued to thrive for the rest of Mansa Musa's life.

在曼萨·穆萨 (Mansa Musa) 的余生中， 马里帝国继续繁荣昌盛。

Despite his global legacy, Mansa Musa has largely disappeared from the Western historical imagination.

尽管拥有全球遗产，但曼萨·穆萨在很大程度上已从西方历史想象中消失。

So for example, when Mansa Musa returned from his hajj, he brought back scholars and architects to build mosques.

因此，例如，当曼萨·穆萨 (Mansa Musa) 朝圣归来时，他带回了学者和建筑师来建造清真寺。

But we do have a lot of interesting records for some African histories, including the legendary tale of Mansa Musa.

但是我们确实有很多关于非洲历史的有趣记录，包括曼萨·穆萨的传奇故事。

Also, since Mansa Musa was making the hajj, we know that he was: A. Muslim, and B. relatively devout.

此外，由于曼萨·穆萨 (Mansa Musa) 正在朝觐，我们知道他是： A. 穆斯林，和 B. 相对虔诚。

There is a lot of subjectivity to that type of claim, but it's really based on the kind of access Mansa Musa had to gold.

这种说法有很多主观性，但它实际上是基于曼萨·穆萨获得黄金的方式。

The kings of Mali - especially Mansa Musa, but also Mansa Suleyman, his successor - tried to increase the knowledge and practice of Islam in their territory.

马里的国王——尤其是曼萨穆萨，还有他的继任者曼萨苏莱曼——试图在他们的领土上增加伊斯兰教的知识和实践。

Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage also brings up a lot of questions about west Africa, namely, what did his kingdom look like and how did he come to convert to Islam?

曼萨·穆萨的朝圣也带来了很多关于西非的问题，即他的王国是什么样子的，他是如何皈依伊斯兰教的？

So there was this king Mansa Musa, who ruled the west African empire of Mali, and in 1324-ish, he left his home and made the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.

所以就有了统治西非马里帝国的曼萨·穆萨国王，在 1324 年左右， 他离开了自己的家， 前往麦加朝圣。

Best wishes, John Green One more thing about Mansa Musa: There are lots of stories that Mansa Musa attempted to engage in maritime trade across the Atlantic Ocean, and some historians even believe that Malians reached the Americas.

最美好的祝愿，约翰格林 关于曼萨穆萨的另一件事：有很多关于曼萨穆萨试图跨大西洋从事海上贸易的故事， 一些历史学家甚至认为马里人到达了美洲。

Mansa Musa knew all about the places he was going before he got there, and after his visits, the rest of the Mediterranean world was sure interested in finding out more about his homeland.

Mansa Musa 在到达那里之前就知道他要去的地方，在他访问之后， 地中海世界的其他地方肯定有兴趣了解更多关于他的祖国的信息。

I wish it had been donkeys so I could say he had 100 assloads of gold, but no. Camels. Right, so along the way Mansa Musa spent freely and gave away lots of his riches.

我希望那是驴子，这样我就可以说他有 100 驴黄金，但没有。骆驼。是的，所以一路上，曼萨·穆萨挥霍无度，并捐出了他的很多财富。