7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade
As civil wars raged, the country's wealth began to run dry. Wars caused disruption at the lucrative trade hubs of jene, timbukto and goo. West african armies also lived and died by their supply of horses. Defeated armies in these civil wars were frequently captured and sold. And thousands were shipped across the desert to be sold as borers in europe and arabia. This was a crucial moment for the history of this continent. The failure of political stability in its largest empire coupled with an increase in slave taking to pay for these constant wars,. coincided in tragic form with the first european trading posts that were set up by the portuguese
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