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Author : Ghislaine Lydon
Release : 2009-03-02
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 240/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis On Trans-Saharan Trails by : Ghislaine Lydon
Download or read book On Trans-Saharan Trails written by Ghislaine Lydon. This book was released on 2009-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material.
Author : Klaus Braun
Release : 2020-08-14
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 458/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Across the Sahara by : Klaus Braun
Download or read book Across the Sahara written by Klaus Braun. This book was released on 2020-08-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessary to establish those trade networks. Included are a variety of unique historical and recent maps as well as remote sensing images of the important trade routes and the corresponding historic oases. To give a deeper understanding of how those trading networks work, aspects such as culturally influenced concepts of spatial orientation are discussed. The book aims to be a useful reference for the caravan trade in the Sahara, that can be recommended both to students and to specialists and researchers in the field of Geography, History and African Studies.
Author : Ghislaine Lydon
Release : 2000
Genre : Business networks
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Book Synopsis On Trans-Saharan Trails by : Ghislaine Lydon
Download or read book On Trans-Saharan Trails written by Ghislaine Lydon. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. J. Mattingly
Release : 2017-11-30
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 407/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond by : D. J. Mattingly
Download or read book Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by D. J. Mattingly. This book was released on 2017-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saharan trade has been much debated in modern times, but the main focus of interest remains the medieval and early modern periods, for which more abundant written sources survive. The pre-Islamic origins of Trans-Saharan trade have been hotly contested over the years, mainly due to a lack of evidence. Many of the key commodities of trade are largely invisible archaeologically, being either of high value like gold and ivory, or organic like slaves and textiles or consumable commodities like salt. However, new research on the Libyan people known as the Garamantes and on their trading partners in the Sudan and Mediterranean Africa requires us to revise our views substantially. In this volume experts re-assess the evidence for a range of goods, including beads, textiles, metalwork and glass, and use it to paint a much more dynamic picture, demonstrating that the pre-Islamic Sahara was a more connected region than previously thought.
Author : Chouki El Hamel
Release : 2014-02-27
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Black Morocco by : Chouki El Hamel
Download or read book Black Morocco written by Chouki El Hamel. This book was released on 2014-02-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam chronicles the experiences, identity and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Chouki El Hamel argues that we cannot rely solely on Islamic ideology as the key to explain social relations and particularly the history of black slavery in the Muslim world, for this viewpoint yields an inaccurate historical record of the people, institutions and social practices of slavery in Northwest Africa. El Hamel focuses on black Moroccans' collective experience beginning with their enslavement to serve as the loyal army of the Sultan Isma'il. By the time the Sultan died in 1727, they had become a political force, making and unmaking rulers well into the nineteenth century. The emphasis on the political history of the black army is augmented by a close examination of the continuity of black Moroccan identity through the musical and cultural practices of the Gnawa.
