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Songhai's Aqueducts: The Hidden Engineering of the Sahel
Long before the Saadians marched on Timbuktu, the Songhai Empire mastered a feat few associate with the Sahel: large-scale hydraulic engineering. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the aqueducts and waterworks that sustained Gao, Timbuktu, and the empire's inland delta. Drawing on archaeological surveys from the 1970s and Tarikh al-Sudan references, they uncover how Askia Muhammad's administrators engineered canals, qanat-like underground channels, and reservoir systems to irrigate rice fields and supply urban centers. The conversation examines the role of the fari-mondio…
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