| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-287) and index. |
| Contents |
Dreaming spires of gold, under the desert sun -- The founder, the founding and the legends -- The city, its site and its neighborhood -- The Niger's course and meaning -- The people of the region -- Precursors: the empires of the sun -- The coming of the Arabs -- Mansa Musa and the first golden age of Timbuktu -- The First Tuareg interregnum -- The coming of the Songhai -- The rise of Askia al=hajj Mohamed and the second golden age -- The underpinnings of wealth -- Travelers' tales -- Life and learning in the city of gold -- The second golden age and the intellectual tradition -- The end of the Askias -- The coming of the Moroccans -- The long march and the Pasha's conquest of Timbuktu -- The long decline -- The coming of Jihad -- Finally, the Europeans -- And now? -- Appendix 1: Commonly used tales -- Appendix 2: Lineages -- Appendix 3: Glossary of tribes and cultures -- Appendix 4: Who was who. |
| Subject |
Tombouctou (Mali) -- History.
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Tombouctou (Mali) -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Hirtle, Sheila.
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| ISBN |
9780802714978 |
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0802714978 |
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