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Mansa Musa's Diplomatic Revolution: The Embassies That Built an Empire
Long before Mansa Musa's famous hajj, the Mali Empire was already reaching across the Sahara with a sophisticated network of diplomatic missions. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Musa sent ambassadors to Morocco, Egypt, and even the Mamluk court — forging alliances that secured trade routes, gathered intelligence, and projected power without marching armies. They uncover the role of court officials called 'farba' who managed foreign relations, the exchange of gifts like gold dust and enslaved scholars, and the surprising story of a Malian embassy that reached the…
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