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Caravans of gold, fragments in time : art, culture, and exchange across medieval Saharan Africa

by Kathleen Bickford Berzock

Using archaeological and art historical research, this volume explores medieval trans-Saharan trade and the central role of West African gold. It highlights the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas that connected Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

Accession 15390 ISBN 9780691182681 Publisher Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Princeton University Press
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