The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

Synopsis

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note On Conventions; Introduction: Africa In The Middle Ages; 1 The Tribulations Of Two Chinese In Africa East Africa, The Eighth To The Fifteenth Century; 2 In The Belly Of The Sperm Whale East Africa, Beginning Of The Tenth Century; 3 Aspects Of A Border Qasr Ibrîm, Lower Nubia, From The Seventh Century; 4 Diplomatic Back-and-forth At The Court Of George Ii Of Nubia Faras And Dongola, Present-day Sudan, Last Quarter Of The Tenth Century; 5 Does Anyone Live Beyond You? Central Sahara, Seventh To The Ninth Century 6 For Forty-two Thousand Dinars Aoudaghost, Present-day Mauritania, Middle Of The Ninth Century7 A Tale Of Two Cities: On The Capital Of Ghâna The Aoukar, Present-day Mauritania, Around 1068; 8 Ghâna, One Hundred Years Later Banks Of A River In The Sahel, Between 1116 And 1154; 9 The Conversion Effect Various Parts Of The Sahel, Eleventh To Twelfth Century; 10 The King Of Zâfûn Enters Marrakesh Morocco And The Western Sahel, Around The Second Quarter Of The Twelfth Century; 11 The Rich Dead Of The Tumuli Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Between The Ninth And The Fourteenth Century 12 Aksum, The City That Made Kings Northern Ethiopia, Around The Twelfth Century13 The Treasures Of Debre Damo Northern Ethiopia, Until The Twelfth Century; 14 One Map, Two Geographies Horn Of Africa, Before The Middle Of The Twelfth Century; 15 The Case Of The Concubine Aydhâb, Berbera, Present-day Coastal Sudan And Somaliland, December 1144; 16 Sijilmâsa, Crossroads At The Ends Of The Earth Southeastern Morocco, From The Twelfth To The Fourteenth Century; 17 The Land Where Gold Grows Like Carrots The Sahel, From The Tenth To The Fourteenth Century 18 Phantom Mines Present-day Zimbabwe Highlands And The West African Savanna, Around The Thirteenth Century19 The Land Of Sofala Coasts Of Present-day Tanzania And Mozambique, End Of The Thirteenth To The Beginning Of The Fourteenth Century; 20 The Golden Rhinoceros Northeastern South Africa, Thirteenth Century; 21 The Stratigraphy Of Kilwa, Or How Cities Are Born Coast Of Present-day Tanzania, From The Tenth To The Fifteenth Century; 22 The Camels Of Madagascar, Or Marco Polo's Africa Somalia And Madagascar, End Of The Thirteenth Century 23 The Work Of Angels Lalibela, Ethiopian Highlands, Around The Thirteenth Century24 The Sultan And The Sea Coast Of Present-day Senegal Or Gambia, Around 1312; 25 Ruins Of Salt Taghâza, Extreme North Of Present-day Mali, From The Eleventh To The Sixteenth Century; 26 The Customs Of Mâli Oualata, Present-day Mauritania, Around 17 April 1352; 27 A Wreck In The Sahara Central Mauritania, The Eleventh, Twelfth, And Thirteenth Centuries; 28 The Golden Orb Kingdom Of Mâli, Fourteenth Century; 29 The King's Speech In Mâli City, Capital Of The Kingdom Of Mâli, From June 1352 To February 1353 Francois-xavier Fauvelle ; Translated By Troy Tice. Translated From The French. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.