Timbuktu Times
New Kingdom Year 300 1/2 Gold

At the year of 3375, aka. New Kingdom 1 year, the Great Pharaoh Ray King raised to be the new ruler of Mali Kingdom. The new king looked up and down, searched all over the hyperspace, but he could not find any previous written history about his Kingdom. Finally, he consulted with his science advisor, and found that the pathetic Mali people even did not know how to write! The new king took it as a very serious issue, and the order was given: we must discover the myth of Writing! The King said, whoever can discover the secret, the King will share him/her all the treasure of the Kingdom! All the wisest men/women are motivated to focus on this new research direction. But according to the science advisor, it still needed at least another 100 years before we can discover it ourselves. The King was so depressed.

One day, the King stepped up to the tower of his palace, looked through the far end between the sky and desert, and decided to seek help from other nations. According to the Foreign Minister, the Mali had three neighbers: Zulu, Israelite, and Adriatics.

At first, the King met with Zulu King. A peace treaty was easily achieved. But the Zulu King didn't want to exchange any technologies with us. Emissaries back from Israelite also brought bad news: Isaelite the Wise also did not know how to write. Well, maybe wise people don't need to write. But our pathetic Mali people needed it. Finally, the Great Paraoh met with Adriatics King. The Adriatics agreed to teach us in exchange for our advanced wisedom: trade. So it was done. As their first practics, the Adriatics asked to sell us Literature for 100 gold. And we accepted it.

Finally, the Mali people had their own language, which was composed of Mali Alphabet and Adriatics grammar. On the way back to the Kingdom, the Great Pharaoh told his science Minister an ancient wisdom, Seafaring. It was the first document written in Mali language.

Report from Defense Minister

As the peace treaty and agreements signed with neighbor countries. A major concern was harassment of Barbarians. Two waves of barbarians were defeated at Sikasso and Bamako. A barbarian leader was captured near Bamako. One elite Legion was defeated near Sikasso.

To better defend our cities, a massive recruitment was performed. Each city is guarded by elite troops now.

Domestic News

Two new cities: Bissau and Benin were founded. More roads are build to bring more trade between cities.
Population is 730,000