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What was the name of the major trading town in the Sahara?

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Audaghost

Audaghost, also spelled Awdaghost, (fl. 9th–11th century), former Berber town in the southwest Sahara, northwest of Timbuktu. Audaghost was an important terminus of the medieval trans-Saharan trade route. The town was primarily a centre where North African traders could buy gold from the kings of ancient Ghana.

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