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Caravans of Gold
(Africa series)
VHS
57 minutes
DT3 .A31 1984 no.3-4
Trace the routes of the medieval gold trade, which reached from Africa to India and China in the east and westward to the city states of Italy. African rulers grew rich and powerful, the King of Ghana was described by an Arab traveler in AD 951 as the wealthiest of all kings on earth. It was the coming of the Portuguese in 1498 which heralded the end of the great African trade. Program 3.
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