| Description |
1 online resource (146 pages): illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Past imperfect |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
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| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and note on language and dates -- Principal characters in the narrative -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The preacher -- Chapter 2. The queen and her kings -- Chapter 3. The deposed -- Chapter 4. The son -- Chapter 5. The Mahdis -- Chapter 6. The Qadi and the rebel -- Conclusion -- Time line -- Glossary of key terms -- Further reading |
| Summary |
The Almoravid Maghrib uncovers the richness and complexity of a neglected past. A pivotal moment in the history of North Africa, the rise of the Almoravids brought a corner of the Maghrib into closer contact with the world around. From the Cid to the Seljuqs, the Almoravids impressed contemporaries in ways no Maghribi regime had, signalling a transformation of western North Africa through burgeoning trans-Saharan and trans-Mediterranean commerce, urbanization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on December 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Almoravides -- Africa, North -- History
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HISTORY / Africa / North.
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Almoravides
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Northwest -- History -- To 1500
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| Subject |
North Africa
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Northwest Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Project Muse. distributor.
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| ISBN |
1802701435 |
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9781802701432 |
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