[blueplum]

From the early kingdom of Ghana to that of Mali, the sacking of Timbuktu's libraries, and the role of gold and horses in a power-driven slave trade. How the slaughter of the Court of Portugal led directly to the collapse of the fabled empire of Songhai.

This video is number 7 in a series.

[Chode]

yet they never discovered the wheel...

[harmodius]

I watched this episode a week or so ago. It’s fascinating.

The entire series - which began as a podcast - is very nicely done. Roman Britain, the Vikings in Greenland, the Khmer Empire, Sumeria, the Mayans... I highly recommend it.

Since I have been “working” from home for the last six months due to COVID, I’ve had the ... ah, opportunity to check out dozens of history documentaries on YouTube.

This is a very good series.

[freds6girlies]

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[nicollo]

Very cool, thanks for posting. I’m subscribing to the podcast, “Fall of Civilizations.”

Of all the tech advances over last 20 years, the podcast is the greatest!