7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Last Rest of the Principal Mosque of the Former City
B bart explored the ruins of the ancient city and took detailed notes about what he saw. He found only a small collection of huts with heaps of overgrown rubble where the ancient city had once stood. The inhabitants still offer their prayers in this sacred space where their great conqueror is interred, although they have not sufficient energy to repair the whole his guides told him that this had been the capital of an empire known as the songha.
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