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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Note on Conventions; Introduction: Africa in the Middle Ages; 1 The Tribulations of Two Chinese in Africa East Africa, the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century; 2 In the Belly of the Sperm Whale East Africa, Beginning of the Tenth Century; 3 Aspects of a Border Qasr Ibrîm, Lower Nubia, from the Seventh Century; 4 Diplomatic Back-and-Forth at the Court of George II of Nubia Faras and Dongola, Present-Day Sudan, Last Quarter of the Tenth Century; 5 "Does anyone live beyond you?" Central Sahara, Seventh to the Ninth Century |
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6 For Forty-Two Thousand Dinars Aoudaghost, Present-Day Mauritania, Middle of the Ninth Century7 A Tale of Two Cities: On the Capital of Ghâna The Aoukar, Present-Day Mauritania, around 1068; 8 Ghâna, One Hundred Years Later Banks of a River in the Sahel, between 1116 and 1154; 9 The Conversion Effect Various Parts of the Sahel, Eleventh to Twelfth Century; 10 The King of Zâfûn Enters Marrakesh Morocco and the Western Sahel, around the Second Quarter of the Twelfth Century; 11 The Rich Dead of the Tumuli Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, between the Ninth and the Fourteenth Century |
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12 Aksum, the City That Made Kings Northern Ethiopia, around the Twelfth Century13 The Treasures of Debre Damo Northern Ethiopia, until the Twelfth Century; 14 One Map, Two Geographies Horn of Africa, before the Middle of the Twelfth Century; 15 The Case of the Concubine Aydhâb, Berbera, Present-Day Coastal Sudan and Somaliland, December 1144; 16 Sijilmâsa, Crossroads at the Ends of the Earth Southeastern Morocco, from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century; 17 The Land Where Gold Grows like Carrots The Sahel, from the Tenth to the Fourteenth Century |
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18 Phantom Mines Present-Day Zimbabwe Highlands and the West African Savanna, around the Thirteenth Century19 The Land of Sofala Coasts of Present-Day Tanzania and Mozambique, End of the Thirteenth to the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century; 20 The Golden Rhinoceros Northeastern South Africa, Thirteenth Century; 21 The Stratigraphy of Kilwa, or How Cities Are Born Coast of Present-Day Tanzania, from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century; 22 The Camels of Madagascar, or Marco Polo's Africa Somalia and Madagascar, End of the Thirteenth Century |
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23 The Work of Angels Lalibela, Ethiopian Highlands, around the Thirteenth Century24 The Sultan and the Sea Coast of Present-Day Senegal or Gambia, around 1312; 25 Ruins of Salt Taghâza, Extreme North of Present-Day Mali, from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century; 26 The Customs of Mâli Oualata, Present-Day Mauritania, around 17 April 1352; 27 A Wreck in the Sahara Central Mauritania, the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries; 28 The Golden Orb Kingdom of Mâli, Fourteenth Century; 29 The King's Speech In Mâli City, Capital of the Kingdom of Mâli, from June 1352 to February 1353 |
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9780691183947 (electronic bk.) |
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0691183945 (electronic bk.) |
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0691181268 |
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9780691181264 |
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