The Resource Timbuktu : the Sahara's fabled city of gold, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
Timbuktu : the Sahara's fabled city of gold, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 302 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780802714978
- Label
- Timbuktu : the Sahara's fabled city of gold
- Title
- Timbuktu
- Title remainder
- the Sahara's fabled city of gold
- Statement of responsibility
- Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- De Villiers, Marq
- Dewey number
- 966.23
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hirtle, Sheila
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tombouctou (Mali)
- Tombouctou (Mali)
- Label
- Timbuktu : the Sahara's fabled city of gold, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-287) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 302 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802714978
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- ocn144221805
- OCoLC
- Label
- Timbuktu : the Sahara's fabled city of gold, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-287) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 302 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802714978
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- ocn144221805
- OCoLC
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