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100 1 $aDe Villiers, Marq.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87839697
245 10 $aTimbuktu :$bthe Sahara's fabled city of gold /$cMarq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bWalker :$bDistributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,$c2007.
300 $axiv, 302 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tDreaming spires of gold, under the desert sun -- $gCh. 2.$tThe founder, the founding and the legends -- $gCh. 3.$tThe city, its site and its neighborhood -- $gCh. 4.$tThe Niger's course and meaning -- $gCh. 5.$tThe people of the region -- $gCh. 6.$tPrecursors : the empires of the sun -- $gCh. 7.$tThe coming of the Arabs -- $gCh. 8.$tMansa Musa and the first Golden Age of Timbuktu -- $gCh. 9.$tThe first Tuareg interregnum -- $gCh. 10.$tThe coming of the Songhai -- $gCh. 11.$tThe rise of Askia al-hajj Mohamed and the second Golden Age -- $gCh. 12.$tThe underpinnings of wealth -- $gCh. 13.$tTravelers' tales -- $gCh. 14.$tLife and learning in the city of gold -- $gCh. 15.$tThe second Golden Age and the intellectual tradition -- $gCh. 16.$tThe end of the Askias -- $gCh. 17.$tThe coming of the Moroccans -- $gCh. 18.$tThe long march and the Pasha's conquest of Timbuktu -- $gCh. 19.$tThe long decline -- $gCh. 20.$tThe coming of Jihad -- $gCh. 21.$tFinally, the Europeans -- $gCh. 22.$tAnd now?
520 1 $a"Using sources dating deep into Timbuktu's fabled past, alongside contemporary interviews with cultural historian Abdel Kader Haidara and other residents and officials, de Villiers and Hirtle have produced a portrait of this epic city of gold."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aTombouctou (Mali)$xHistory.
651 0 $aTombouctou (Mali)$xSocial life and customs.
700 1 $aHirtle, Sheila.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97070041
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