Islamic Cities

I recently ran across an article about the ruins at Essouk, which were identified by archaeological and epigraphic means to be Tadmakka, the most important trade center on the routes crossing the Saharan desert between the Mediterranean Sea and Western African kingdoms.

I'm always excited to find scholarly studies of Islamic civilization sites: mostly because each history is as varied and complex as the architecture that was created along the way. I hope you feel the same when you take a look at my new list of Ancient Islamic Cities.

Ancient Islamic Cities

• Ancient Islamic Cities
• Essouk-Tadmakka (Mali)
• Al-Basra (Morocco)
• Timbuktu (Mali)
• Guide to the Islamic Civilization