Author : Isabella Sjöström
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 23,48 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
Thi text contains a catalogue of archaeologically identified settlement sites in Tripolitania dating from the late Roman and early Islamic period. Maps and plans are provided for many sites, and an interpretation of the settlement history as revealed by the gazetteer, based on geographic and political-historical factors, is included.
Author : Silvia Bruzzi
Publisher : Centre français des études éthiopiennes
Page : pages
File Size : 26,93 MB
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : History
ISBN :
For a long time now it has been common understanding that Africa played only a marginal role in the First World War. Its reduced theatre of operations appeared irrelevant to the strategic balance of the major powers. This volume is a contribution to the growing body of historical literature that explores the global and social history of the First World War. It questions the supposedly marginal role of Africa during the Great War with a special focus on Northeast Africa. In fact, between 1911 and 1924 a series of influential political and social upheavals took place in the vast expanse between Tripoli and Addis Ababa. The First World War was to profoundly change the local balance of power. This volume consists of fifteen chapters divided into three sections. The essays examine the social, political and operational course of the war and assess its consequences in a region straddling Africa and the Middle East. The relationship between local events and global processes is explored, together with the regional protagonists and their agency. Contrary to the myth still prevailing, the First World War did have both immediate and long-term effects on the region. This book highlights some of the significant aspects associated with it.
Author : Klaus Braun
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 34,93 MB
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030001458
This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessary to establish those trade networks. Included are a variety of unique historical and recent maps as well as remote sensing images of the important trade routes and the corresponding historic oases. To give a deeper understanding of how those trading networks work, aspects such as culturally influenced concepts of spatial orientation are discussed. The book aims to be a useful reference for the caravan trade in the Sahara, that can be recommended both to students and to specialists and researchers in the field of Geography, History and African Studies.
Author : Ali Abdullatif Ahmida
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1438428936
The Making of Modern Libya is a thorough examination of the social, cultural, and historical background of modern Libya. Ali Abdullatif Ahmida examines the reaction of the ordinary Libyan people to colonialism and nationalism, from the early nineteenth century through the end of anticolonial resistance, to the rise of the modern Libyan state in 1951. Weaving together insights drawn from Arabic, French, English, and Italian sources, he challenges Eurocentric theories of social change that ignore the internal dynamics of native social history. Among other things, he shows that Sufi Islam, tribal military organization, and oral traditions were crucial in the fight against colonialism. The political and cultural legacy of the resistance has been powerful, strengthening Libyan nationalism and leading to the revival of strong attachments to Islam. The memory of this period has not yet faded, and appreciation of this background is essential to understanding modern Libya. This new edition also investigates Libya's postcolonial nationalist policies, bringing the argument up to the present.
Author : Sabina Henneberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108901565
Examining the factors that shaped the first interim governments of Tunisia and Libya, which formed in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 uprisings that brought down their governments, Managing Transition analyses each interim government to enhance our understanding of how political transition occurred within two North African countries. Tracing the importance of the key decisions made during these transition periods, Sabina Henneberg demonstrates the importance of these decisions taken during the short phase between authoritarian collapse and first post-uprising elections, including decisions around leadership, institutional reform, transitional justice, and the electoral processes themselves. By documenting, in close detail, the important events of the 2011 Arab Uprisings, and the months that followed, this study shows that while pre-existing structures strongly influence the design and behaviour of first interim governments, actors' choices are equally important in shaping both immediate and longer-term phases of transition.
Author : Stephen J. King
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 41,20 MB
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1108477410
Compares experiences of the Arab Spring for a comprehensive account of how nations handled the challenge of democratic consolidation.
Author : Simon Hornblower
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1650 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0199545561
The revised third edition of the 'Oxford Classical Dictionary' is the ultimate reference on the classical world containing over 6,200 entries. The 2003 revision includes minor corrections and updates and all Latin and Greek words in the text are now translated into English.
Author : Averil Cameron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 30,82 MB
Release : 2001-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521325912
Volume 14 concludes the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History.
Author : R. Bruce Hitchner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 32,16 MB
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1444350013
Explore a one-of-a-kind and authoritative resource on Ancient North Africa A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity, edited by a recognized leader in the field, is the first reference work of its kind in English. It provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of North Africa's rich history from the Protohistoric period through Late Antiquity (1000 BCE to the 800 CE). Comprised of twenty-four thematic and topical essays by established and emerging scholars covering the area between ancient Tripolitania and the Atlantic Ocean, including the Sahara, the volume introduces readers to Ancient North Africa's environment, peoples, institutions, literature, art, economy and more, taking into account the significant body of new research and fieldwork that has been produced over the last fifty years. A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity is an essential resource for anyone interested in this important region of the Ancient World.
Author : Bethany Walker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category :
ISBN : 0197507875
Born from the fields of Islamic art and architectural history, the archaeological study of the Islamic societies is a relatively young discipline. With its roots in the colonial periods of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, its rapid development since the 1980s warrants a reevaluation of where the field stands today. This Handbook represents for the first time a survey of Islamic archaeology on a global scale, describing its disciplinary development and offering candid critiques of the state of the field today in the Central Islamic Lands, the Islamic West, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. The international contributors to the volume address such themes as the timing and process of Islamization, the problems of periodization and regionalism in material culture, cities and countryside, cultural hybridity, cultural and religious diversity, natural resource management, international trade in the later historical periods, and migration. Critical assessments of the ways in which archaeologists today engage with Islamic cultural heritage and local communities closes the volume, highlighting the ethical issues related to studying living cultures and religions. Richly illustrated, with extensive citations, it is the reference work on the debates that drive the field today.
