pre-historic africa berbers gold salt gold-salt trade
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Pre-Historic Africa
Berbers
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Gold-Salt Trade
Gold “Money”, Ghana/Ivory Coast
Ghana Empire [4c-11c]
Salt
Mali Empire [13c-15c]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay”
Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque
Berbers
Mosque in Gao
Great Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Distant Mosque at Djenne, Mali
Sundiata [1210-1260]
“Lion Prince”
Mansa Musa [r. 1312-1337]
European Map
Songhai Empire [15c-16c]
GOLDGOLD
SALTSALT
Sunni Ali [r.1464-1492]
Askia Mohammed [r.1493-1529]
Askia Mohammed’s Tomb [1443-1538]
Gao, Mali
Islamic
Invasions