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Cahokia - Part 4: Prosperity and the edge of change
Listen to the heartbeat of a city at its height: markets humming with exchange, fields golden with maize, and artisans shaping copper, shell, and clay into objects of beauty and power. This is Cahokia in its prime, where prosperity is everywhere, but so is the first tremor of uncertainty. The city’s wealth rested on clever farming. Maize fields stretched out from every home, fed by the fertile floods of the Mississippi.
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Narrated by Marcus, an AI voice. Written from original research by The Archive Network.
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