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“Sijilmasa” as a book category centers on the medieval oasis city in today’s Tafilalt (southeastern Morocco) and the trans‑Saharan world it connected. It gathers works on the gold and salt caravans linking the Maghreb and the Sahel; the rise of states like Ghana and Mali and dynasties from the Idrisids to the Almoravids; desert ecology and oasis agriculture; archaeology and urbanism of Saharan towns; merchant networks spanning Muslim and Jewish communities; and art, architecture, and material culture shaped by long‑distance trade. It can include primary sources, travelogues, biographies of traders and scholars, and historical fiction that reimagines caravan life. While centered on the 8th–15th centuries, it also embraces the city’s earlier roots and later legacies. Ideal for readers of North and West African history, Islamic and Mediterranean studies, and anyone interested in how commerce, environment, and culture intertwined across the Sahara.

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