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Author Fenwick, Corisande, author.

Title Early Islamic North Africa : a New Perspective / Corisande Fenwick.

Publication Info. London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Series Debates in archaeology.
Debates in archaeology.
Contents List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Arabic and Terminology -- Introduction: The Problem of North Africa. -- Ch 1. Foundations: Evidence and Interpretation -- Ch 2. From Conquest to Muslim Rule -- Ch 3. Cities -- Ch 4. The Countryside -- Ch 5. Economic Life -- Ch 6. Social Life -- Epilogue: North Africa and the Islamic World -- Timeline Glossary -- Notes Bibliography -- Index
Summary "This volume proposes a new approach to the Arab conquests and the spread of Islam in North Africa. In recent years, those studying the Islamic world have shown that the coming of Islam was not marked by devastation or decline, but rather by considerable cultural and economic continuity. In North Africa, with continuity came significant change. Corisande Fenwick argues that the establishment of Muslim rule also coincided with a phase of intense urbanization, the appearance of new architectural forms (mosques, housing, hammams), the spread of Muslim social and cultural practices, the introduction of new crops and manufacturing techniques and the establishment of new trading links with sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the Middle East. This concise and accessible book offers the first assessment of the archaeology of early Islamic North Africa (7th-9th centuries), drawing on a wide range of new evidence from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It lays out current debates about its interpretation and suggests new ways of thinking about this crucial period in world history. Essential reading for those interested in understanding the impact of the Arab conquests and the spread of Islam on daily life, it will also challenge students of archaeology and history to think in new ways about North Africa, the earliest Islamic empires and states and the transition from the Roman to the medieval Mediterranean."-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Islam and politics -- Africa, North.
Africa, North -- Politics and government.
Africa, North -- Religion.
Archaeological science, methodology & techniques.
Islam and politics
Politics and government
Religion
North Africa
Other Form: Print version: Fenwick, Corisande. Early Islamic North Africa : A New Perspective. London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, ©2020
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