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Askia Dawud's Great Canal: Engineering the Niger Floodplain
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most ambitious engineering projects of the Songhai Empire: the great canal built under Askia Dawud in the Kala region. Drawing on the Tarikh al-Sudan, they explore how the canal transformed the Niger River's floodplain into a controlled irrigation system, boosting agricultural surplus and centralizing power. They discuss the role of the Sorko fishermen in construction, the political implications of controlling water, and how the canal connected to the farari intelligence network. The episode also touches on the canal's eventual…
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