Season 4, Episode 13: The Medieval African billionaire space programme [1330 CE]

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Step back to 1330 and meet the richest person who ever lived - Mansa Musa, with a net worth of $700 billion in today's money. Can Ryan convince this golden emperor to fund humanity's first space mission?

Ryan transports himself to the heart of the Mali Empire during its golden age. Armed with pocket watches and eyeglasses, he must impress the notoriously wealthy Musa without getting executed for being a witch.

This episode explores what might have happened if modern technological ideas had met medieval Mali's vast resources.

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