Timbuktu : the Sahara's fabled city of gold /: the Sahara's fabled city of gold. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle.
• Other Names: De Villiers, Marq, 1940-; Hirtle, Sheila
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 302 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 966.23; History -- Africa -- West; Manners and customs; History -- General; History; Tombouctou (Mali) -- History; Tombouctou (Mali) -- Social life and customs; Tombouctou (Mali) -- Histoire; Tombouctou (Mali) -- Moeurs et coutumes; Mali -- Tombouctou; Tombouctou (Mali) -- History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802718303; 0802718302
• Related ISBNs: 9780802714978; 0802714978
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.