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**engideNedmupe** · 05-12-2012, 03:47 PM

were those scholars and scientists black people or were they MENA people(the elite) from Syria,Persia or the Maghreb?

I doubt the majority of the scholars were MENA, but I really can't say for sure. It doesn't make a difference though, this isn't even about whether "blacks" can be scholars or not, we already know they can, and have been, even in MENA countries that rejected them (racism) since the "Muslim Empire" (Al-Jahiz). We're talking about why their civilizations aren't included in games. Even if every scholar in University of Sankore was "white", it wouldn't make the Empire they built any less great, in fact I think the ability to except great scholars regardless of race is a sign of greatness. The Malian Empire was built on the use of new ideas and inspiration, much like the majority of Islamic civilization at the time (though the Mali region had an empire the introduction of Islam).

05-12-2012, 03:47 PM	#35
engideNedmupe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	were those scholars and scientists black people or were they MENA people(the elite) from Syria,Persia or the Maghreb? I doubt the majority of the scholars were MENA, but I really can't say for sure. It doesn't make a difference though, this isn't even about whether "blacks" can be scholars or not, we already know they can, and have been, even in MENA countries that rejected them (racism) since the "Muslim Empire" (Al-Jahiz). We're talking about why their civilizations aren't included in games. Even if every scholar in University of Sankore was "white", it wouldn't make the Empire they built any less great, in fact I think the ability to except great scholars regardless of race is a sign of greatness. The Malian Empire was built on the use of new ideas and inspiration, much like the majority of Islamic civilization at the time (though the Mali region had an empire the introduction of Islam).
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