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Gedemo Ounjougou City-State

Ounjougou

City-State Trait: Your units do not suffer a Movement penalty when crossing Cliffs. Cities adjacent to a Desert Mountain or a Desert Hill get +1 Science.

City-State Type: Scientific

History:
The Malian site complex of Ounjougou is located in the river bend in the Dogon Country, more precisely on the Bandiagara Plateau. Ounjougou has yielded the earliest pottery found in Africa, and is believed to be one of the earliest regions (along with East Asia) in which the independent development of pottery occurred.
The arrival of the Tellem in Bandiagara where they would have succeeded the Toloy is believed to date back to the 11th century. They built their houses on the sides of cliffs. They lived by fishing, wildcrafting, hoe-farming, animal husbandry and bow hunting. In the necropolis, they placed their offerings alongside their deceased.
In the 11th century, the Dogon coming from Mande country and fleeing Islamization and persecution just like the Serer, arrived in the cliffs. The Tellem fled in turn, taking refuge towards the south in Mali and Burkina Faso.
Some Tellem buildings, most notably the granaries, are still in use by the Dogon, although generally Dogon villages are located at the bottom or top of the escarpment, where water gathers and farming is possible. The old Tellem houses, high up along the cliff, will serve as a cemetery for the Dogons who hoist the bodies of their dead with ropes.
The Tellem people disappeared for unknown reasons, or perhaps interbred with the Dogon. Others believe that they migh have breed with the Kurumba of Burkina Faso when they headed south following Dogon's arrival, but sources do not agree. In the local legend, it is thought by some in Mali today that the Tellem possessed extraordinary magical power.

Compatible with Rise and Fall, Gathering Storm, and New Frontier.

Mod Support:

Ynaemp (Giant, Greatest, LargestEarthCustom, and Cordiform)
40sw4rm's "Old World"
Leugi's City Style
English, spanish and french languages

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