Medieval Africans Had a Unique Process for Purifying Gold With Glass - Atlas Obscura
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-african-gold
Submitted 1 week ago by mettwurstkaninchen@feddit.org to history@lemmy.world
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-african-gold
cjoll4@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s awesome! I had no idea about the different methods for refining gold.
Tadmekka is part of my realm in my current Crusader Kings III campaign, so this caught my eye. It’s fun to play in the Sahara desert and still find ways to build an economic engine through irrigation, mining, and trading.