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The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbors. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand Braudel's description of the Sahara as ""the second face of the Mediterranean."" The essays recast the history of the region with the Sahara at its center, uncovering a story of densely interdependent networks that span the desert's vast expanse. They explore the relationship between the desert's ""islands"" and

Trade routes --- Africans --- Commercial routes --- Foreign trade routes --- Ocean routes --- Routes of trade --- Sea lines of communication --- Sea routes --- Commerce --- Ethnology --- Migrations. --- Africa, West --- Africa, North --- Sahara --- Africa, Western --- West Africa --- Western Africa --- Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib --- North Africa --- Sahara Desert --- Relations --- Ethnic relations. --- Emigration and immigration. --- #SBIB:314H252 --- #SBIB:39A6 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Migrations --- Internationale migratie --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Etnografie: Afrika