Mansa Abu Bakr II is credited with discovering the New World, causing the Mali Empire to expand overseas and eventually end up in a competition with the Songhai and other West African civilizations. However, due to their geographic position, the Europeans could have just as easily sailed west and discovered the New World. I know it sounds weird that a continent as primitive as Europe of all places would dominate the world, but it's not entirely out of the question. What if the Europeans discovered the New World instead of the Mali?