When a Pre-Colonial African Kingdom Nearly Industrialized

As Europeans explored the interior of the African continent in the mid-19th century, the societies they encountered were often characterized as technologically underdeveloped. Deep in the jungles of what is present-day Ghana, however, paved roads guided these explorers to large cities with multi-story buildings that rose above the tree line. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - Part I: Because of War 03:38 - Treasury, Medicine, Politics 05:37 - The Great Roads 07:50 - Part II: Cormantine and Saturday 11:13 - Agriculture 13:42 - Anglo-Asante Wars 17:00 - Part III: Days of Torment 19:15 - Joint Ventures 23:00 - Rebellion, But Not the Last Audio: Lucid Haze - YouTube Audio Library Origins - EU4 OST The Dark Continent - YouTube Audio Library I Saved Your Life - Beasts of No Nation Surrender - Beasts of No Nation Helicopters - Beasts of No Nation Sources: Ivor Wilks. Asante in the Nineteenth Century: The Structure and Evolution of a Political Order. (African Studies Series, number 13.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1975. Africa's 100 years' war at the dawn of colonialism: The Anglo-Asante wars (1807-1900) by Isaac Samuel https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p...