The Near West Medieval North Africa, Latin Europe and the Mediterranean in the second axial age
This book tells stories of interaction, conflict and common exchange between Berbers, Arabs, Latins, Muslims, Christians and Jews in North Africa and Latin Europe. Using individual biographies, this book argues that North Africa was, in fact, an integral part of western history.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Bejaia : introducing North Africa, Latin Europe and the Mediterranean
- Rome : North Africa and the papacy
- Tunis : axis of the Middle Sea
- Marrakech : the founding of a city
- The Almohads : empire of the western Mediterranean
- Between city and countryside : Ibn Khaldun and the fourteenth century
- Conclusions : a second axial age.