The Golden Rhinoceros : : Histories of the African Middle Ages /

The Golden Rhinoceros : : Histories of the African Middle Ages / / François-Xavier Fauvelle.

A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval AfricaFrom the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
VerfasserIn:
Fauvelle, François-Xavier,
TeilnehmendeR:
Tice, Troy.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 7 color + 36 b/w illus. 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Note on Conventions
  • Introduction: Africa in the Middle Ages
  • 1. The Tribulations of Two Chinese in Africa
  • 2. In the Belly of the Sperm Whale
  • 3. Aspects of a Border
  • 4. Diplomatic Back- and- Forth at the Court of George II of Nubia
  • 5. "Does anyone live beyond you?"
  • 6. For Forty- Two Thousand Dinars
  • 7. A Tale of Two Cities: On the Capital of Ghâna
  • 8. Ghâna, One Hundred Years Later
  • 9. The Conversion Effect
  • 10. The King of Zâfûn Enters Marrakesh
  • 11. The Rich Dead of the Tumuli
  • 12. Aksum, the City That Made Kings
  • 13. The Treasures of Debre Damo
  • 14. One Map, Two Geographies
  • 15. The Case of the Concubine
  • 16. Sijilmâsa, Crossroads at the Ends of the Earth
  • 17. The Land Where Gold Grows like Carrots
  • 18. Phantom Mines
  • 19. The Land of Sofala
  • 20. The Golden Rhinoceros
  • 21. The Stratigraphy of Kilwa, or How Cities Are Born
  • 22. The Camels of Madagascar, or Marco Polo's Africa
  • 23. The Work of Angels
  • 24. The Sultan and the Sea
  • 25. Ruins of Salt
  • 26. The Customs of Mâli
  • 27. A Wreck in the Sahara
  • 28. The Golden Orb
  • 29. The King's Speech
  • 30. The Production of Eunuchs in Abyssinia
  • 31. Inventory at Great Zimbabwe
  • 32. Next Year in Tamentit, or the (Re)discovery of Africa
  • 33. Africa's New Shores
  • 34. Vasco da Gama and the "New World"
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Further Reading
  • Index

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