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Medieval Africa
3 articles tagged “Medieval Africa” on Sprinkles of History.
Africa
Great Zimbabwe: The City Whose Walls Needed No Mortar
Between the 11th and 15th centuries, a dry-stone capital rose in the highlands of southern Africa without a single drop of mortar holding its walls together.
Africa
Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage That Broke Cairo's Gold Market
When the ruler of the Mali Empire passed through Cairo on his way to Mecca, he reportedly gave away so much gold that its value in Egypt collapsed for years.
Africa
Lalibela: Eleven Churches Carved Downward Into Solid Rock
In the Ethiopian highlands, an entire complex of churches was not built upward from the ground but chiseled straight down out of a single mass of volcanic rock.