🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city
Azelik Takedda Copper Smelting Field (Takedda Azelik)
Medieval Trans-Saharan (10th–15th c. CE) · Tuareg / Songhai / Sanhaja
Copper-mining metropolis visited by Ibn Battuta (1353) with 200 mine shafts.
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🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city
Medieval Trans-Saharan (10th–15th c. CE) · Tuareg / Songhai / Sanhaja
Copper-mining metropolis visited by Ibn Battuta (1353) with 200 mine shafts.