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Season 5 Episode 3: Trans-Saharan Trade in the Garamantes Civilization

· 21 min · Episode 34

Episode Season 5 Episode 3: Trans-Saharan Trade in the Garamantes Civilization

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Horses, carbuncles, gold, salt, and more. What do all these things have in common? They were first traded across the Sahara by the Garamantes. Today's episode discusses the earliest rise of Garamantian trans-Saharan trade, the first documented example of trade across the vast desert.

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