Автор: Bennison Amira K Название: The Almoravid and Almohad Empires ISBN: 0748646809 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780748646807 Издательство: Macmillan Рейтинг: Цена: 6015.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa
This is the first book in English to provide a comprehensive account of the rise and fall of the Almoravids and the Almohads, the two most important Berber dynasties of the medieval Islamic west, an area that encompassed southern Spain and Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The Ṣanhāja Almoravids emerged from the Sahara in the 1050s to conquer vast territories and halt the Christian advance in Iberia. They were replaced a century later by their rivals, the Almohads, supported by the Maṣmūda Berbers of the High Atlas. Although both have often been seen as uncouth, religiously intolerant tribesmen who undermined the high culture of al-Andalus, this book argues that the eleventh to thirteenth centuries were crucial to the Islamisation of the Maghrib, its integration into the Islamic cultural sphere, and its emergence as a key player in the western Mediterranean, and that much of this was due to these oft-neglected Berber empires.
Key features
The first work in English to give a full account of the Almoravids and Almohads
Features numerous translated quotes and anecdotes from Arabic primary sources
Provides an intimate portrait of the daily lives and material culture of people living within the empires, as well as delivering a clear dynastic history
Uses maps, genealogical tables, illustrations and a chronology
Автор: Bennison, Amira (university Of Cambridge) Название: Almoravid and almohad empires ISBN: 0748646817 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780748646814 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 16632.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa.
In this accessibly written history, Amira K. Bennison contradicts the common assumption that Islam somehow interrupted the smooth flow of Western civilization from its Graeco-Roman origins to its more recent European and American manifestations. Instead, she places Islamic civilization in the longer trajectory of Mediterranean civilizations and sees the 'Abbasid Empire (750-1258 CE) as the inheritor and interpreter of Graeco-Roman traditions.
At its zenith the 'Abbasid caliphate stretched over the entire Middle East and part of North Africa, and influenced Islamic regimes as far west as Spain. Bennison's examination of the politics, society, and culture of the 'Abbasid period presents a picture of a society that nurtured many of the "civilized" values that Western civilization claims to represent, albeit in different premodern forms: from urban planning and international trade networks to religious pluralism and academic research. Bennison's argument counters the common Western view of Muslim culture as alien and offers a new perspective on the relationship between Western and Islamic cultures.
Автор: Bennison, Amira K. Название: Cities in the pre-modern islamic world ISBN: 0415553814 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415553810 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume is an inter-disciplinary endeavour which brings together recent research on aspects of urban life and structure by architectural and textual historians and archaeologists, engendering exciting new perspectives on urban life in the pre-modern Islamic world.
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