{"id":6883,"date":"2025-08-18T17:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6883"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:44:12","slug":"silkroad-studies-when-does-it-all-start-the-beginnings-of-long-distance-trade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6883","title":{"rendered":"SILKROAD STUDIES: Trade in and around the Sahara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p><strong>A series of lectures on the trade and exchange networks in North Africa from Prehistory to the Early Modern World.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sahara, until the advent of flight, has always been seen as one of the large challenges to trade. But recently, with the discovery of the \u2018Green Sahara\u2019 during the early prehistoric Period and a whole series of archaeological projects focusing on the oases and the trade routes linking them, it has been possible to better understand how this area was traversed, selling goods from horses to gemstones, and from wild horses to gold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day: Thursdays<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Time<\/strong>: 2-4 pm BST<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 weeks starting\u00a0 23 April to 18th June 2026 with half-term on 4th June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual Learning Environment<\/strong>: Zoom<\/p>\n<p>Single lecture:<\/p>\n<table width=\"414\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"83\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"77\"><strong>Early Bird<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"139\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"83\">\u00a312<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"139\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bookings for the whole series:<\/p>\n<table width=\"414\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>Early Bird<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"139\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\">\u00a396<\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"116\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"139\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can book this course through <a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?post_type=product\">our online booking service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively You can book via the MANCENT booking form and pay with cheque or\u00a0 contact Birgitta Hoffmann for the BACS details or a PayPal invoice or finally,\u00a0 through Eventbrite:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/1986334298357?aff=oddtdtcreator\"> https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/1978306986451?aff=oddtdtcreator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<br \/>\nBirgitta Hoffmann<br \/>\n55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\nemail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a>\u00a0mobile: 07377 791562<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann A series of lectures on the trade and exchange networks in North Africa from Prehistory to the Early Modern World. The Sahara, until the advent of flight, has always been seen as one of the large challenges to trade. But recently, with the discovery of the \u2018Green Sahara\u2019 during the early prehistoric Period [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7239,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6883","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6883"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7240,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6883\/revisions\/7240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}