Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu written by Larry Brook and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of the city of Timbuktu, or Tombouctou, from its time as a camping site for nomadic Tuaregs through its prominence in the sixteenth century to the current decline it faces.
Download or read book Timbuktu written by Captivating History and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern London written by Betony Toht and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes daily life in London from the time of the Roman invasion in A.D. 43, through medieval, Elizabethan, and Victorian times, on to the reign of Elizabeth II.
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Rome written by Joan D. Barghusen and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical exploration of events and daily life in Rome in both ancient and modern times.
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Mexico City written by Steve Cory and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical exploration of events and daily life in Mexico City in both ancient and modern times.
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Baghdad written by Dawn Kotapish and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical exploration of events and daily life in Baghdad in both ancient and modern times.
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Moscow written by Patricia Toht and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical exploration of events and daily life in Moscow in both ancient and modern times.
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Cairo written by and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores daily life in the city of Cairo, from the time of its earliest settlement around 3000 B.C. through the Dynasty of Saladin and the Ottoman Turk rule up to modern times.
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Beijing written by Robert F. Baldwin and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores daily life in Beijing in both ancient and modern times.
Download or read book The Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu written by Joshua Hammer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
Download or read book Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Jerusalem written by Diane Slavik and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores everyday life in Jerusalem, from the time of the city's founding through Biblical times and the Middle Ages up to the present.
Download or read book Timbuktu written by Marq De Villiers and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities. Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle have captured the splendour and decay of one of humankind’s treasures. Founded in the early 1100s by Tuareg nomads who called their camp “Tin Buktu,” it became, within two centuries, a wealthy metropolis and a nexus of the trans-Saharan trade. Salt from the deep Sahara, gold from Ghana, and money from slave markets made it rich. In part because of its wealth, Timbuktu also became a centre of Islamic learning and religion, boasting impressive schools and libraries that attracted scholars from Alexandria, Baghdad, Mecca, and Marrakech. The arts flourished, and Timbuktu gained near-mythic stature around the world, capturing the imagination of outsiders and ultimately attracting the attention of hostile sovereigns who sacked the city three times and plundered it half a dozen more. The ancient city was invaded by a Moroccan army in 1600, beginning its long decline; since then, it has been seized by Tuareg nomads and a variety of jihadists, in addition to enduring a terrible earthquake, several epidemics, and numerous famines. Perhaps no other city in the world has been as golden — and as deeply tarnished — as Timbuktu. Using sources dating deep into Timbuktu’s fabled past, alongside interviews with Tuareg nomads and city residents and officials today, de Villiers and Hirtle have produced a spectacular portrait that brings the city back to life.
Download or read book To Timbuktu for a Haircut written by Rick Antonson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-08-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the fabled city of Timbuktu as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long trek. His initial plan? To get a haircut. The second edition of this important book outlines the volatile political situations in Timbuktu following the spring 2012 military coup in Mali and the subsequent capture of the city by Islamic extremists.
Download or read book Seven Wonders of Ancient Africa written by Michael Woods and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes seven monumental ancient African architectural sites that still exist today, including the Great Sphinx, the Swahili trading coast, and the mosque and university of Timbuktu.
Download or read book Discovering the Songhay Empire written by Laura La Bella and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Songhay Empire involves many fascinating stories--the interaction of Islam with older paganistic folk religions, the mingling of many different peoples and tribes of west Sudan, royal intrigue that pitted father against sons and brother against brother, epic battles fought in the punishing desert heat, and a ruinous civil war that left the once mighty empire vulnerable to foreign invasion and domination. This is full-bodied, red-blooded history, and it is brought to vivid life in this account, replete with a treasury of primary source material and full-color images. This text supports Common Core's mandate regarding analyzing the relationship between primary and secondary sources, citing evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, and determining the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source.
Download or read book Mali in Pictures written by Francesca Davis DiPiazza and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the people and place sof Mali.
Download or read book Ancient West African Kingdoms written by Mary Quigley and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the social, economic, political, and cultural life of the people of ancient Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, including profiles of influential citizens.
