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Aoudaghost also
transliterated as Awadaghust, Awdughast, Awdaghusht, Awdaghost, and
Awdhaghurst (Arabic: أودغست) is a
former Berber town in Hodh El Gharbi...
- trans-Saharan
route that ran
between Tamdoult near Akka in
Morocco to
Aoudaghost on the
southern edge of the Sahara. This
route was used for the transport...
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ruins were
discovered in
archeological investigations s****ing the site of
Aoudaghost,
which is nearby. Map
showing Tegdaoust: Fond
Typographique Sheet NE-29-VIII...
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founding tribe was the Lamtuna. It
occupied the
region around Awdaghust (
Aoudaghost) in the
southern Sahara according to
contemporary Arab
chroniclers such...
- Mauritania.
Ghana grew
wealthy through the trans-Saharan
trade routes linking Aoudaghost with
Tahert and
Sijilmasa in
north Africa following the
introduction of...
- the trans-Saharan trade,
particularly after the
Almoravid capture of
Aoudaghost stifled competing commercial centers. A
target for conquerors, however...
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revolutionising the trans-Saharan
trade that
linked their capital and
Aoudaghost with
Tahert and
Sijilmasa in
North Africa.
Soninke traditions likely contain...
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situated in
Morocco just
north of the desert. The
growth of the city of
Aoudaghost,
founded in the 5th
century BCE, was
stimulated by its
position at the...
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Forkbeard (approximate date). The
Ghana Empire takes the
Berber town of
Aoudaghost (modern Mauritania) as the West
African nation makes further gains. Construction...
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century the Gao
Empire ruled to its east.
Almoravid capture of
royal Aoudaghost led to Ghana’s
conversion to
Islam in the 11th century, and
climatic changes...