Bibliograph

Timbuktu, the Sahara's fabled city of gold, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle

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Timbuktu, the Sahara's fabled city of gold, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-287) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Timbuktu

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

144221805

Responsibility statement

Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle

Sub title

the Sahara's fabled city of gold

Summary

Examines the history, myths, and legends of Timbuktu as it rose from a camp for nomadic tribes, to a wealthy metropolis and nexus for trans-Saharan trade, to a center of Islamic learning and religion, and then declined

Table Of 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

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