Trans-Saharan Africa in world history
"During the heyday of camel caravan traffic--from the eighth century CE arrival of Islam in North Africa to the early twentieth-century building of European colonial railroads that linked the Sudan with the Atlantic--the Sahara was one of the world's great commercial highways, bringing gol...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. |
| Series: | New Oxford world history.
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| Online Access: | Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete. |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to the Sahara: From Desert Barrier to Global Highway
- 2. Caravan Commerce and African Economies
- 3. Ruling the Sahara and Its "Shores"
- 4. Islam
- 5. Islamicate Culture
- 6. European Colonialism: Disruption and Continuity of Trans-Saharan Links.