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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sundjata: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [b]Prosperity of Mali in NON gold areas like agriculture [/b] [i] "From an examination of Omari's writings, which come from the same period and are based on Sudanese accounts, it may be concluded that particularly agriculture and fruit-gathering, and also, in certain parts of the country, hunting and the rearing of livestock, assured the Mali peasants of a relatively prosperous and independent life, satisfying their needs without much contact with the outside world." Arab travellers from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries all tell us that Mali towns Timbuktu, Gao and lesser places - were in general well supplied with victuals, and there is no doubt that the towns obtained some of their provisions by trade with the peasantry. The rural areas had a surplus of agricultural and animal products which was dispatched for sale in the towns. Ibn Batoutah and other sources indicate that the western Sudan even exported a certain amount of millet and rice to the Sahel regions, not only to Walata but also farther towards the districts where rock-salt and copper were exploited for import into the Sudan.[/i] [/QUOTE]Good source. This is particularly instructive with respect to the last question that I addressed posed by The Explorer. Couldn't find a source quick enough that addressed it. I know there are primary accounts that I had on hand that spoke to this but they're buried away and I honestly need to re-aquatint myself with them. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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