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Mansa Musa's African Trade Routes and the Dyula Merchants
We’ve talked a lot about gold, mosques, and the Hajj, but today we’re looking at how Mansa Musa’s wealth was actually built on the ground long before his caravan reached Cairo. We dive into the daily reality of the trans-Saharan trade network, focusing on the Dyula merchants who acted as the connective tissue between the salt mines of Taghaza and the gold fields of Bambuk. Lucas walks us through the logistics of moving heavy goods across the Sahara using camel caravans, while Luna asks about the social status of these traders and how they navigated the complex political landscape of West…
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