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Trans-Saharan Africa in World History
Ralph A. Austen
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Description for Trans-Saharan Africa in World History
Paperback. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous black and white maps, drawings and photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH; HBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
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 gold, slaves, and other commodities northward and sending both manufactured goods and Mediterranean culture southward into the Sudan. Historian Ralph A. Austen here tells the remarkable story of an African world that grew out of more than one thousand years of trans-Saharan trading. Perhaps the most enduring impact of this trade and the common cultural reference point ... Read more
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 gold, slaves, and other commodities northward and sending both manufactured goods and Mediterranean culture southward into the Sudan. Historian Ralph A. Austen here tells the remarkable story of an African world that grew out of more than one thousand years of trans-Saharan trading. Perhaps the most enduring impact of this trade and the common cultural reference point ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
New Oxford World History
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195337884
SKU
V9780195337884
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99-23
About Ralph A. Austen
Ralph A. Austen is Professor Emeritus of African History at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Trans-Saharan Africa in World History
A brief, excellent primer to introduce students to the region...A sound history for libraries...and anyone not familiar with the essentials of Saharan history.
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