The year is 1482.

Mary of Burgundy faces difficult odds, Maximilian struggles as a successor, atrocious tragedy strikes Ghana, while Boticelli paints. 

 

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Intro Music: "Horse Race" by EstherGarcia.

https://www.thoughtco.com/mary-of-burgundy-3529745

https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/marrying-burgundy-maximilian-i-and-mary-burgundy

 

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mary-burgundy-1457-1482

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primavera_(Botticelli)

 

http://www.italianrenaissance.org/a-closer-look-botticellis-primavera/

 

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/botticelli-sandro/life-and-legacy/

 

https://www.notablebiographies.com/Be-Br/Botticelli-Sandro.html

 

https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/ghana

https://eros.usgs.gov/westafrica/country/republic-ghana#:~:text=The%20country%20is%20endowed%20with,wealthier%20nations%20in%20West%20Africa.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/africa/ghana-elmina-castle/index.html

http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0109

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr1.html

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/el-mina-sao-jorge-da-mina/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p260.html