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How knowledgeable would the Romans, Greeks, Carthagians, etc. have been about the geography of Sub-Saharan Africa? Did they know about coastal west Africa, the Congo rainforest, or the African Great lakes? What about even further south?

by /u/DRAGONxOFxTHExWEST in /r/AskHistorians

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