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Facing the sea of sand : the Sahara and the peoples of Northern Africa / Barry Cunliffe.
By: Cunliffe, Barry W [author.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 402 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191949395.Subject(s): Africa, North -- History | Africa, North -- Civilization | Africa, Northeast -- History | Africa, Northeast -- Civilization | Sahara -- History | Sahara -- Civilization | History | African historyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192858887DDC classification: 961 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Northern Africa is dominated now by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its challenges, establishing networks of communication across its expanse.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Northern Africa is dominated now by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its challenges, establishing networks of communication across its expanse.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 22, 2023).