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Mansa Musa's City of Gold: Timbuktu's Rise Under the Mali Empire
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the golden age of Timbuktu under Mansa Musa and his successors. They discuss the city's transformation from a seasonal Tuareg camp into a global center of Islamic scholarship, trade, and architecture. Learn about the role of the Sankore Madrasah, the arrival of Andalusian poet and architect Abu Ishaq al-Sahili, and the construction of the Djinguereber Mosque. The episode also covers the decline of Timbuktu after the Mali Empire weakened, including the 1591 Moroccan invasion. Specific figures like Mansa Musa, his son Mansa Maghan, and the chronicler…
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