Essouk-Tadmekka (Extinct city)
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Es-souk (Extinct city)
Essouk (Extinct city)
Tadmekka (Extinct city)
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found: Work cat.: Essouk-Tadmekka, 2017:ECIP title page (Essouk-Tadmekka) ECIP galley (ruins of Tadmekka, the important early Islamic southern Saharan market town documented within early Arabic manuscripts; Tadmekka's ruins, now called 'Essouk' ... in the Malian Sahara; Tadmekka described in early Arabic geographical texts from the 10th to the 15th century AD; ca. 45 km from Kidal in Mali; other than Kidal, there are no significant permanent settlements in this area, and no paved roads)
found: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list, Aug. 7, 2017(Es-souk, 45 km north of Kidal in the Adrar des Iforas Massif, Malian Sahara)
found: Africa from the seventh to the eleventh century, 1988, via Google Books Aug. 10, 2018:p. 306 (Tadmekka already existed in the third/ninth century and was an important trade centre)
found: Oxford handbook of African archaeology, 2013, via Google Books, Aug. 10, 2018:p. 839 (Essouk-Tadmakka; northeast of Gao)
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2017-08-08: new
2018-11-07: revised
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