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Medieval West Africa: Views From Arab Scholars And Merchants,Used
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This book tells the story of West Africa south of the Sahara from the ninth to the fourteenth century from the viewpoint of Arab geographers, historians, and travelers. The first reports in written Arabic sources deal with urban west African centers from the seventh century. The growth of the transSaharan trade and the process of Islamization enriched outsiders' knowledge about 'the lands of the blacks.' Geographers such as alBakri and alIdrisi provided the most accurate descriptions, including maps of the region. In the eleventh and twelve century Ghana converted to Islam and encyclopedists compiled substantial material on the region. The bestknown Arab traveler, Ibn Batutta, and the eminent historian Ibn Khaldun provided the most detailed and comprehensive firsthand information about West Africa in the fourteenth century. This book is based on the highly acclaimed 1981 edition of the Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History, translated by N. Levtzion and J.F.P. Hopkins, which is no longer available. The Corpus was geared toward experts. This book is designed in a readerfriendly way with commentaries for the nonexpert and the student of world history.
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