
The Golden Rhinoceros
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- 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 Century
- 7 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 Century
- 13 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 Century
- 19 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 Century
- 24 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
- 30 The Production of Eunuchs in Abyssinia Ethiopia and Somaliland, around 1340
- 31 Inventory at Great Zimbabwe Present-Day Zimbabwe, Fourteenth to Fifteenth Century
- 32 Next Year in Tamentit, or the (Re)discovery of Africa Tuat Oasis, Central Algeria, Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
- 33 Africa's New Shores The Coasts of Present-Day Mauritania, Senegal, and Gambia, 1455
- 34 Vasco da Gama and the "New World" Indian Ocean, 1498
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index
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