Mali (Mande): words for a city's temples, rulers and trades
Friday mosque, mansa and farbas, farari, marabouts, Dyula traders, gold dust and cowries (c. 1250-1450). Several slots keep the neutral word, for want of a sure term. Names only: a culture changes no figure of the city, it gives the sheet its words.
| On the sheet | In this culture |
|---|---|
| Quarter of the places of worship | Around the mosque |
| Quarter of the places of worship: where it lies | around the great Friday mosque. |
| Quarter of the powerful: where it lies | in the safest place, near the residence of the farba, the mansa's governor. |
| Clergy | Marabouts and imams |
| Notables | Farari (cavalry commanders) |
| Scribes and public writers | Literate marabouts, secretaries |
| Merchants | Dyula (Mande traders, or Wangara) |
| Money-changers | Money changers (gold dust, cowries) |
Hear it
- The town: Afrofantasy City (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 6)
- The market: Afrofantasy Market (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 5)
- Around the places of worship: City Temple (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 6)
- The upper town: Manor Room in Wealthy District (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
- The fire trades: Medieval Industrial District (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
Other cultures
Medieval Europe, Imperial Rome, Medieval Arab-Persian world, Nahua (Aztecs), Inca (Quechua), Song China, Dwarven (fantasy)
Orders of magnitude for play: sourced figures and Hearth estimates together. Every source, and every figure still waiting for one, is listed in the builder under Sources.
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