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23 May 2005

DATASET: North African pilgrimage routes in 14th-20th c. CE

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135 data points defining 14th-20th c. major pilgrimage routes across territories of today's Algeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia

Source:
al-Naqar, Umar. 1972. The Pilgrimage Tradition in West Africa. Khartoum: Khartoum University Press. [map 'African Pilgrimage Routes to Mecca, ca. 1300-1900.'. Reprinted on p. 562 in: Wolfe, Michael (ed.). 1997. One Thousand Roads to Mecca. New York: Grove Press]



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