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Mansa Musa's Geographers: The Men Who Mapped Mali's Empire
How did the Mali Empire understand its own vast territory? This episode examines the cartographic and geographic knowledge of Mansa Musa's court, focusing on the scholars and officials who charted trade routes, measured distances, and recorded the empire's reach. We explore the role of al-Umari's Masalik al-Absar as a key source, the use of itineraries by dyula merchants, and the lost maps of the Sahel. Lucas and Luna discuss the practical geography of the Niger Bend, the salt routes to Taghaza, and the goldfields of Bambuk, along with the oral traditions of the jeliw that…
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