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Known as the gateway to the desert, Agadez, on the southern edge of the Sahara desert, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries when the Sultanate of Aïr was established and Touareg tribes were sedentarized in the city, respecting the boundaries of old encampments, which gave rise to a street pattern still in place today. The historic centre ...
City of Benin, the oldest city in Nigeria. Agadez: Songhai Empire Niger: 11th century AD Founded in the 11th century, Agadez was an important stop for caravans crossing the Saharan Desert for centuries. Agadez was captured by the Songhai empire in 1515, and controlled by Bornu in the 17th century. [16] Kano: Kingdom of Kano Nigeria: 11th century AD
Agadez (Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, Agadaz), formerly spelled Agadès, [1] is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. [2] The capital of the eponymous Agadez Region , the city lies in the Sahara desert , and is also the capital of Aïr , one of the traditional Tuareg – Berber federations.
It's a stunning flashback to the Early Bronze Age.
An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been ...
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The term is currently being used for the remains of two later sets of gates, the Triple Gate and the Double Gate, known together as the Huldah Gates, [2] built as part of the much extended Herodian Temple Mount, situated in Jerusalem's Old City. [3] Both sets of gates were set into the Southern Wall of the Temple compound and gave access to the ...
Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls (14 P) K. Gates in Kaohsiung (3 P) Gates of Itchan Kala (4 P) L. Gates of Lahore (9 P) London Wall and its gates (10 P) M. Gates ...