Timbuktu
Subtitle: the Sahara's fabled city of gold
By: Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Co.; Walker; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780802714978
Description: Examines the history, myths, and legends of Timbuktu as it rose from a camp for nomadic tribes, to a wealthy metropolis and nexus for trans-Saharan trade, to a center of Islamic learning and religion, and then declined.