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

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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

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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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