The A?r Mountains is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara desert. Part of the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands Ecoregion, they rise to more than 6,000 ft and extend over 84 000 km?.... in what is now northern Niger
Niger
Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east.... . Founded around the eleventh century, it was long the most important Tuareg
Tuareg
The Tuareg are a nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. They call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq or Kel Tamajaq , Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen , or Kel Tagelmust, i.e., "People of the Veil".... town, benefiting from trans-Saharan trade
Trans-Saharan trade
Trans-Saharan trade is trade across the Sahara between Mediterranean countries and sub-Saharan Africa. While existing from prehistoric times, the peak of such trade extended from the eighth century until the late sixteenth century.... , and declining with it from the eighteenth century. It was abandoned soon after being sacked by the Tuareg forces of Ag Mohammed Wau Teguidda Kaocen
Ag Mohammed Wau Teguidda Kaocen
Ag Mohammed Wau Teguidda Kaocen was a Tuareg noble and clan leader. Born in 1880 near Zinder , Kaocen became the Amenokal of the southern Ikazkazan Tuareg, a subset of the Kel Owey confederation.... in 1917, although many of its buildings are still reasonably well preserved. It remains a tourist destination.
