Author: Matt Lang
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502628597
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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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: Klaus Braun
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030001458
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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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: 0195337883
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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"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: Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069118268X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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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: D. J. Mattingly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108195407
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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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: 9004187421
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 441
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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: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
ISBN: 9781230587295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 94. Chapters: Trade, Silk Road, Amber Road, Via Maris, Old Salt Route, Spice trade, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Portuguese India Armadas, Trade route, Indo-Roman trade and relations, Canadian canoe routes, Trans-Saharan trade, Incense Route, Camel train, Kamboja-Dvaravati Route, Timeline of international trade, Radhanite, Traverse des Sioux, Height of Land Portage, Volga trade route, Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, Oneida Carry, Triangular trade, Grand Trunk Road, Royal Road, Siberian River Routes, Vishnupalita Kambhoja, Salt Road, Siraf, Haervejen, Kittanning Path, Venango Path, Azalai, Hiri trade cycle, Siberian Route, Homs Gap, King's Highway, Ancient tea route, Dalton Trail, Bay Fleet, Caravan, Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev, Hellweg, Northern Arc, Frankincense Trail, California hide trade, Camino de los chilenos, Overland Route, Tea Road, Jade Road
Author: Chouki El Hamel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139620045
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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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: 9787821235378
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"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: 9780861591763
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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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.
