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Author : Douglas Porch
Release : 2005-06-22
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Conquest of the Sahara by : Douglas Porch
Download or read book The Conquest of the Sahara written by Douglas Porch. This book was released on 2005-06-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Conquest of the Sahara, Douglas Porch tells the story of France's struggle to explore and dominate the great African desert at the turn of the century.
Author : Douglas Porch
Release : 1985
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Conquest of the Sahara by : Douglas Porch
Download or read book The Conquest of the Sahara written by Douglas Porch. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Conquest of the Sahara," Douglas Porch tells the story of France's struggle to explore and dominate the great African desert at the turn of the century. Focusing on the conquest of the Ahaggar Tuareg, a Berber people living in a mountain area in central Sahara, he goes on to describe the bizarre exploits of the desert's explorers and conquerors and the incompetence of the French military establishment. Porch summons up a world of oases, desert forts and café s where customers paid the dancer by licking a one-franc piece and sticking it on her forehead. "The Conquest of the Sahara" reveals the dark side of France's "civilizing mission" into this vast terrain, and at the same time, weaves a rich tale of extravagant hopes, genius and foolhardiness.
Author : H. T. Norris
Release : 1986
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Arab Conquest of the Western Sahara by : H. T. Norris
Download or read book The Arab Conquest of the Western Sahara written by H. T. Norris. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries after the first Arabs passed through North Africa, the presence of Arabic culture in the western Sahara was limited to scholars and mystics. Those few who spoke Arabic and practised Islam left the traditional society largely undisturbed. Then in the Middle Ages came a small band of southern Yemeni tribesmen, who came to dominate the desert trade routes linking Africa with the Mediterranean. Their descendents, the Awlad Hassan, imposed themselves on the native Berbers and introduced a new society, religion and language. Drawing on numerous sources including travellers and historians such as Ibn Battutah and Leo Africanus, plus local historians steeped in the traditions of oral history, the author examines how the tribes of the western Sahara responded to the arrival of the Arabs, particularly during the 13th and 17th centuries. Written by renowned experts, the five books that comprise "The series of Arabic Islamic studies" feature topics on Arabic and Islamic studies. From a description of the Arabian incese trade, to a sociological study of Islam and its beliefs, this series aims to offer authoratative insights into the history, and contemporary situation, of Arabia. -- Publisher description.
Author : William Macdonald
Release : 1913
Genre : Agriculture
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Book Synopsis The Conquest of the Desert by : William Macdonald
Download or read book The Conquest of the Desert written by William Macdonald. This book was released on 1913. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fergus Fleming
Release : 2003
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Sword and the Cross by : Fergus Fleming
Download or read book The Sword and the Cross written by Fergus Fleming. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, haunting and sharply witty history of a forgotten episode in Europe's colonial crusade
