Trans Saharan Trade Routes

Author : Matt Lang
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502628597
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trans-Saharan Trade Routes written by Matt Lang and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the sixth and sixteenth centuries, trade flourished between sub-Saharan Africa and Arab cultures. Traders exchanged gold, slaves, cloth, and salt along the trans-Saharan routes. This trade was directly responsible for seismic shifts in African economies and the foundation of new empires. This book explores how this complex trade network shaped the history of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

Author : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069118268X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time written by Kathleen Bickford Berzock and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Author : Klaus Braun
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030001458
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Across the Sahara written by Klaus Braun and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 273 pages. 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 : Ralph A. Austen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195337883
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trans-Saharan Africa in World History written by Ralph A. Austen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book tells the story of an African world that grew out of more than one thousand years of trans-Saharan trade linking the Mediterranean lands of North Africa with the internal Sudanic grasslands stretching from the Nile River to the Atlantic Ocean. It traces the early role of the Sahara, the globe's largest desert, as a divider that separated these two regions into very different worlds. During the heyday of camel caravan traffic--from the eighth-century CE Arab invasions of North Africa to the early-twentieth-century building of European colonial railroads that linked the Sudan with the Atlantic--the Sahara became one of the world's great commercial highways. The most enduring impact of this trade and the common cultural reference point of trans-Saharan Africa was Islam. This faith played various roles throughout the region, as a legal system for regulating trade, an inspiration for reformist religious-political movements, and a vehicle of literacy and cosmopolitan knowledge that inspired creativity--often of a very unorthodox kind--within the various ethno-linguistic communities of the region. From the mid-1400s, European voyages to the coast of West and Central Africa provided an alternative international trade route that marginalized trans-Saharan commerce in global terms but stimulated its accelerated local growth. Inland territorial conquest by France and Britain in the 1800s and early 1900s brought more serious disruptions. Trans-Saharan culture, however, not only adapted to these colonial and postcolonial changes but often thrived upon them to remain a living force well into the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.

Author : D. J. Mattingly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108195407
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by D. J. Mattingly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 470 pages. 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 : Graziano Krätli
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004187421
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trans-Saharan Book Trade written by Graziano Krätli and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerned with the history of scholarly production, book markets and trans-Saharan exchanges in Muslim African (primarily western and northern Africa), as well as the creation of manuscript libraries, this book consists of a collection of twelve essays that examine these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Author : Ghislaine Lydon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521887240
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Trans-Saharan Trails written by Ghislaine Lydon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 497 pages. 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 : Chouki El Hamel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139620045
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Morocco written by Chouki El Hamel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 534 pages. 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.

Author : Oheta Sophia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787821235378
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Trans-Saharan Trade written by Oheta Sophia and published by . This book was released on 2024-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tales of the Trans-Saharan Trade" is an epic journey through the unforgiving expanse of the Sahara desert, where alliances are forged, betrayals unravel, and hope perseveres against all odds. Follow a diverse cast of characters as they navigate the treacherous terrain of ancient trade routes, facing sandstorms, raiders, and the harsh realities of survival. Led by the enigmatic Omar, the caravan braves perilous obstacles and battles against adversaries, driven by the promise of riches and the pursuit of redemption. As they traverse the desert landscape, friendships are tested, secrets are unearthed, and bonds are forged in the crucible of adversity. Will they overcome the challenges that lie ahead, or will they succumb to the unforgiving sands of the Sahara? "Tales of the Trans-Saharan Trade" is a gripping tale of courage, resilience, and the enduring spirit of humanity in the face of adversity.

Author : Amelia Dowler
Publisher : British Museum Research Public
ISBN 13 : 9780861591763
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Money, Trade and Trade Routes in Pre-Islamic North Africa written by Amelia Dowler and published by British Museum Research Public. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a multidisciplinary approach and enriched through comparative evidence, this book follows two main strands: the cultural identity of the people of this region and their interaction with neighbouring people; and, the development and extent of trans-Saharan trade routes in the pre-Islamic period.