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Timbuktu's Water: The Wells, Rivers, and Climate That Made a City
Timbuktu sits on the edge of the Sahara, yet it became a city of scholars and traders. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the environmental foundation of Timbuktu's rise: the Niger River's annual flood, the man-made water tanks called 'fundi', and the deep wells that sustained a city of learning. They revisit the 1498 fire to see how water shaped rebuilding, and follow Ibn Battuta's account of a river journey that could take months. The episode also considers the dry years that hit the Sahel in the 1700s and how Timbuktu's libraries adapted to climate…
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