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Mansa Musa's Lost Pilgrims: The Hajj Caravan Economy
Episode 192 of Fexingo History turns to the everyday mechanics of Mansa Musa's legendary hajj — not the gold dust he scattered in Cairo, but the massive caravan that moved thousands of people across the Sahara in 1324. Lucas and Luna dig into the logistics: how many camels, how much water, what the pilgrims ate, and who kept the whole thing running. They follow the Mande merchants and the farba officials who organized supplies, the scholars who debated law along the way, and the enslaved people who worked the caravan. Along the route, they encounter the salt mines of Taghaza, the…
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