7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Scribes of Timbucto
The stories of the greots were often not written down until the nineteenth century. Their histories include fantastical stories full of sorcerers and magic. But they are an incredible source for learning about how the people of this region perceive their own history. The final source is a kind of mixture of these two traditions, and that's the scribes of timbuk too.
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