7 Days Surviving the Sahara | The Salt Road to Timbuktu, 1352

Seven days in Taghazah, 1352, where Sahara desert survival meant trading human life for the salt that built an empire. In the heart of the fourteenth-century Sahara, Taghazah was a settlement built entirely of salt. It existed only because the world needed that commodity, and in this environment, everything was expendable. This is a look at what life was really like for the people living in the most arid, unforgiving landscape on the planet, far removed from the bustling centers of medieval Europe or the Islamic world. We follow the daily reality of the camel caravans and the laborers who kept this remote outpost functioning. You will see how they managed to endure in a place where water was scarce and the heat was relentless, relying on the ancient salt mines to justify their existence. This is not the story of a city, but of a survival machine operating at the edge of the known world, defined by the harsh realities of the medieval Sahara. Subscribe for more journeys into the world's lost cities, and comment which location you want to see reconstructed next.