VIIᵉ siècle – XIIᵉ siècle
Northern Mali and southern Algeria
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Adrār des Ifoghas was a central Saharan massif inhabited by Berber groups and organized around the trading city of Tādmekka. The region formed a major passage between Gao and the northern Sahara, especially toward Ghadāmes and Tripoli. Its historical significance in the excerpt rests on caravan commerce, the Saghmāra population, and the political and commercial prominence of Tādmekka.
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Le récit
Adrār des Ifoghas formed one of the principal highland regions of the central Sahara. It was known to early Arab geographers largely because of Tādmekka, whose ruins are identified with Es-Sūk north of Kidal. The massif occupied a strategic position between the Niger region and the northern Saharan routes leading toward Ghadāmes and Tripoli.
The region was inhabited by Berber groups during the eighth to twelfth centuries. The Saghmāra lived north or northeast of Tādmekka and also occupied territory under the city’s authority southward toward Gao. Their location placed them directly within the corridor followed by caravans moving between the political centre at Tādmekka and the Niger Bend.
Adrār des Ifoghas was not merely a landscape crossed by travellers. Tādmekka operated as its political centre, a trading city, and a storage place for merchandise from the Maghrib. The massif therefore linked local Berber communities and Saharan political structures with long-distance exchanges in gold, clothing, and other goods.
VIIᵉ siècle – XIIᵉ siècle
Northern Mali and southern Algeria
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Adrār des Ifoghas was a central Saharan massif inhabited by Berber groups and organized around the trading city of Tādmekka. The region formed a major passage between Gao and the northern Sahara, especially toward Ghadāmes and Tripoli. Its historical significance in the excerpt rests on caravan commerce, the Saghmāra population, and the political and commercial prominence of Tādmekka.
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Le récit
Adrār des Ifoghas formed one of the principal highland regions of the central Sahara. It was known to early Arab geographers largely because of Tādmekka, whose ruins are identified with Es-Sūk north of Kidal. The massif occupied a strategic position between the Niger region and the northern Saharan routes leading toward Ghadāmes and Tripoli.
The region was inhabited by Berber groups during the eighth to twelfth centuries. The Saghmāra lived north or northeast of Tādmekka and also occupied territory under the city’s authority southward toward Gao. Their location placed them directly within the corridor followed by caravans moving between the political centre at Tādmekka and the Niger Bend.
Adrār des Ifoghas was not merely a landscape crossed by travellers. Tādmekka operated as its political centre, a trading city, and a storage place for merchandise from the Maghrib. The massif therefore linked local Berber communities and Saharan political structures with long-distance exchanges in gold, clothing, and other goods.
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