7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Wealthiest Man in the World
The empire of gana, which had ruled much of west africa for 500 years, went into decline at some point during the thirteenth century. It passed through the final stages of that imperial cycle we talked about. Its client states demanded independence. And finally, one of its own conquered subjects eclipsed it in power, snapping up its old dominions and seizing control of the lucrative saharan trade routes. This was the beginning of a new empire. Eventually, even the garnean kingdom was absorbed into this rising power, and it would become known as the empire of mali. The mali empire inherited much of the wealth and power of its predecessor, but it developed the
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