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The Golden Rhinoceros - Histories of the African Middle Ages (Hardcover)
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The Golden Rhinoceros - Histories of the African Middle Ages (Hardcover)
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A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval
Africa From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the
voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the
center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African
golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became
the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals,
thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized
world of the Middle Ages. The Golden Rhinoceros brings this unsung
era marvelously to life, taking readers from the Sahara and the
Nile River Valley to the Ethiopian highlands and southern Africa.
Drawing on fragmented written sources as well as his many years of
experience as an archaeologist, Francois-Xavier Fauvelle
painstakingly reconstructs an African past that is too often denied
its place in history-but no longer. He looks at ruined cities found
in the mangrove, exquisite pieces of art, rare artifacts like the
golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, ancient maps, and accounts left by
geographers and travelers-remarkable discoveries that shed critical
light on political and architectural achievements, trade, religious
beliefs, diplomatic episodes, and individual lives. A book that
finally recognizes Africa's important role in the Middle Ages, The
Golden Rhinoceros also provides a window into the historian's
craft. Fauvelle carefully pieces together the written and
archaeological evidence to tell an unforgettable story that is at
once sensitive to Africa's rich social diversity and alert to the
trajectories that connected Africa with the wider Muslim and
Christian worlds.
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