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Timbuktu's Lost City of Gold: The Rise and Fall of Gao
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the ancient city of Gao, the political and economic powerhouse that rivaled Timbuktu. Long before Mansa Musa's pilgrimage, Gao was a crossroads of the trans-Saharan trade, a center of gold and salt exchange, and the seat of the Songhai Empire. We trace Gao's origins under the Za dynasty, its conversion to Islam under Kossoi, its annexation by Mali, and its spectacular rise under Sunni Ali and Askia Muhammad. We also examine the controversial reign of Askia Ishaq II, whose doomed negotiations with Judar Pasha led to…
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