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Trans-Saharan Africa in World History

Trans-Saharan Africa in World History

by Ralph A. Austen

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Austen traces the growth, impact and legacy of the 1,000 years of camel caravan traffic in North Africa that brought gold, slaves and other commodities northward and sent both manufactured goods and Mediterranean culture southward into the Sudan.  (NAF72, $19.95)

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