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Songhai's Salt War: The Taghaza Campaign of Askia Muhammad
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the 1498 Taghaza campaign, where Askia Muhammad the Great marched his army into the Sahara to seize control of the world's most valuable commodity: salt. They explore the strategic importance of Taghaza's salt mines, the brutal conditions of the desert march, the clever ruse that fooled the Tuareg defenders, and how this victory transformed Songhai into the dominant economic power in West Africa. Learn about the logistical challenges of supplying an army across hundreds of miles of sand, the role of the farari cavalry and Sorko river scouts…
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