The Sahara by Gearon, Eamonn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Front Matter

Title Page Publisher Information Dedication Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction - A Quick Tour of The Sahara

Flora and Fauna

Part One – Landscapes

Whales in the Desert

The Green Sahara

Rock Art

Iconography and Graffiti

Saharan Urban

Oasis-Towns

Part Two – History: Conquests and Empires

From Ancient Egypt to the Arab Invasion

Land Of The Dead The Phoenicians Persian and Ptolemaic Dynasties The Romans The Garamantes Camels Christian North Africa The Vandals The Armies of Islam

Travellers, Chroniclers, Geographers

Gilded Empires Timbuktu

Part Three – History: Exploration, Imperialism and Independence

European Forays - The African Association and Napoleon

Hornemann Egyptomania

Further Horizons - Exploration and the European Land Grab

Caillie, Barth and Rohlfs Algeria And Abd Al-Qadir The Scramble For Africa

War and Peace and War

Motors, Mars and Planes

The Second World War

Desert Warfare

Heaven and Hell - Independence and Since

The French Legacy

Part Four - Imagination

Classical Inspiration

Riddle of the Sphinx

Poetic Muse

“The Brutish Desert”: War Poets

A Brilliant Palette

Oriental Delights, Strange Worlds and Spy Stories

Tales of the Legion Desert Espionage

Silver Screen Sahara

Beau Geste Desert Epics

Part Five – Encounters: Indigenes and Visitors

Men With a Mission

Professionals Missionaries

Literary Travellers and Tourists

Early Observers Wilfred Thesiger Adventure Tourism

People of the Sahara

The Tuareg Toubou and Sahrawi Two Incomers: Isabelle Eberhardt and Paul Bowles

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