Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434451666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Translation of L'Etonnante Adventure de la Mission Barsac.

Author: Marq De Villiers
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551992779
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities. Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle have captured the splendour and decay of one of humankind’s treasures. Founded in the early 1100s by Tuareg nomads who called their camp “Tin Buktu,” it became, within two centuries, a wealthy metropolis and a nexus of the trans-Saharan trade. Salt from the deep Sahara, gold from Ghana, and money from slave markets made it rich. In part because of its wealth, Timbuktu also became a centre of Islamic learning and religion, boasting impressive schools and libraries that attracted scholars from Alexandria, Baghdad, Mecca, and Marrakech. The arts flourished, and Timbuktu gained near-mythic stature around the world, capturing the imagination of outsiders and ultimately attracting the attention of hostile sovereigns who sacked the city three times and plundered it half a dozen more. The ancient city was invaded by a Moroccan army in 1600, beginning its long decline; since then, it has been seized by Tuareg nomads and a variety of jihadists, in addition to enduring a terrible earthquake, several epidemics, and numerous famines. Perhaps no other city in the world has been as golden — and as deeply tarnished — as Timbuktu. Using sources dating deep into Timbuktu’s fabled past, alongside interviews with Tuareg nomads and city residents and officials today, de Villiers and Hirtle have produced a spectacular portrait that brings the city back to life.

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Author: Martin K. Ettington
Publisher: Martin K. Ettington
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 93

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There have been many books and movies about whether Atlantis really existed and where it was located. Now we have a new candidate location which meets the criteria established by Plato much better than any of the other candidates. A location which is the exact same size as the fabled city and is located by more than one ancient source. The story of the Eye of the Sahara is truly amazing and once you read it you will become convinced like I am of this logically being the real location of the mythical city of Atlantis. There are even ancient maps which show the location of Atlantis to be in the area of this Eye of the Sahara Lots of history and related information in this study of where Atlantis was really located.

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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City in the Sahara is one of those masterpieces of science-fiction for which Verne was justly famous. It displays his creativeness at its best, above all his ingenuity and his prescience in describing mechanical devices many of which have since come into use. - Back cover

Author: Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Cities have existed in sub-Saharan Africa since antiquity. But only now are historians and archaeologists rediscovering their rich heritage: the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe and Congo, the harbor cities at the Indian Ocean, the capitals of the Bantu Kingdoms, the Atlantic cities from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and the urban revolutions in the 19th century. Mercantile cities opened Africa to the world, Islamic cities became centers of scholarship and the trans-Saharan trade, Creole cities appeared after the first contact with Europeans, and Bantu cities of the hinterland reacted against them. The author has gone through vast numbers of archival records and conducted independent field research to analyze and describe the rich history of African cities even long before imperial colonization began, and she continues her story until the time of urban reorganization during industrialization. The result is a colorful panorama of urban lifestyles including unique examples of architecture, and lasting traditions of ethnic, cultural, religious, and commercial forms of co-existence.

Author: Rosita Forbes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kebabo
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Author: Manuel Herz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783037782910
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"What happens when temporary architectural structures become permanent? 'From Camp to City' provides an in-depth analysis on the topic. Examining the theme of the refugee camp in the context of urbanism and architecture, the book offers extensive documentation of an urban "borderline case" in the form of the Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert - temporary spaces of transit that have become more and more permanent in recent decades. In contrast to the predominant understanding of the refugee camps as being either humanitarian or dystopian, 'From Camp to City' investigates how people live and dwell in these informal exterritorial spaces, work, move around, and enjoy themselves. It documents how the camp, instead of being a place of misery, can also be understood as a potential political project. Numerous images and texts on all aspects of life illustrate the emergence of urban structures and the way architecture becomes involved in the underlying political conflict." -- Back cover

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, French-speaking West
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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