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I'm certainly interested. I like exploring AH cultures through myths and stories, it's a nice change from the usual text book style. It might not be ideal, but it beats making random stuff up.

Wow Johnathan, that was really good. Do you plan to further flesh out this idea?

Adinkra-like symbols could be developed before a writing system, but I was going with a different idea. I think the strong emphasis on remembering and quoting proverbs as a sign of wisdom could very well hamper the development of a somewhat codified system of mnemonic symbols representing...

A random idea I got early regarding proverbs and written language: Historically, the Akan people used symbols called Adinkra, starting from the early 19th century. Each Adinkra stands for a proverb and can be either a geometrical figure, animal, household good (like combs), plants, etc. If the...

On buildings: The oldest stone building in sub-saharan west africa I can find refrence to are the buildings in Dhar Tichitt. Sure, it's further to the west and north than the centre of *Mali, but with earlier agricultural and urban societies in the region, perhaps the some of the western most...

Fascinating thread. Unfortunately I know too little about prehistoric and ancient agriculture to contribute much. One thing I do know about, though, is alcohol ;) Palm wine as it is produced and consumed in West Africa has a very short shelf life, even today. Unless it is distilled, it can not...

That's sad to hear. It was a good read and I hope you'll continue to write such excellent timelines.

Yay, it's back! Good work as always, Kaisermuffin!