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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Son of Ra: [QB] I've been wanting to touch base on this for a while and believe this should be discussed more in depth. A lot of people have this thought that West Africans have always been isolated from the rest of the world in Ancient times and also that they developed civilization very recently. We already know that Tichitt Walata proves that wrong and that they were quite advanced in stone building. [IMG]http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac336/macncheese_2010/Africa/tichit04.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/2uj3tpz.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/nnw8ev.jpg[/IMG] But still...Were Africans isolated throughout "[i]antiquity[/i]" or is that a Eurocentric myth? I believe the latter...We all know that the Carthaginians sailed to the West Coast of Africa, but how often did they encounter West Africans? How detailed was the contacts and how close were their relations??? Here is something member Jari posted back on another thread. [URL=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=003764]This one.[/URL] [/QUOTE]The Ancient ksour (medieval trading centres) of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata are trading and religious centres along the ancient Sahara trade routes. These four towns date from the 13th and 14th century. Chinguetti was a principal gathering place for pilgrims of the Maghrib to gather on the way to Mecca. It became known as a holy city in its own right, especially for pilgrims unable to make the long journey to the Arab Peninsula. Although largely abandoned to the desert, the city features a series of medieval manuscript libraries without peer in West Africa. The second picture is the The Great "Friday Mosque" of Chinguetti. Chinguetti is located in northern Mauritania and is considered one of Islam's seven holy cities. As the center of several trans-Saharan trade routes, The Chinguetti Mosque is a mosque in Chinguetti, Mauritania. It was an ancient center of worship created by the founders of the oasis city of Chinguetti in the Adrar region of Mauritania in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. it was a key stop for caravans carrying gold, salt, dates, and ivory across the Sahara. Chinguetti is also home to an extraordinary collection of important Islamic manuscripts. The minaret of The Great "Friday Mosque" is supposed to be the second oldest in continuous use anywhere in the Muslim world. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Chinguetti_mosquee.jpg/800px-Chinguetti_mosquee.jpg[/IMG] Mauritania, Adrar area, Chinguetti, Al Ahmed Mahmoud library [IMG]http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1606/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1606-92571.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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