: The book highlights Saharan Morocco as a vital transit point for the trans-Saharan trade (gold from Sudan and goods from the Orient) and a "departure base" for many of Morocco's ruling dynasties.
Unlike fragmented regional studies, this work systematically covers millennia, from prehistoric rock carvings and Berber tribal formations to the medieval empires (Almoravid, Almohad, Merinid) and the early Saadian presence in the Sahara. The endpoint of 1670 is strategically chosen, corresponding to the death of Moulay Rachid and the solidification of the Alaouite state’s authority over the Saharan hinterlands before the full rise of European colonial pressures. le maroc saharien des origines a 1670 french edition top
The complex relationship between . Traditional social hierarchies, customs, and craftsmanship. : The book highlights Saharan Morocco as a