The Almoravid and Almohad empires

The Almoravid and Almohad empires /

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A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bennison, Amira K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Series:Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires.
Subjects:
Almohaden > 1147-1269
Almoraviden > 1061-1147
647-1517
Almoravides > Spain > Andalusia > History.
Almohades > Spain > Andalusia > History.
HISTORY > Africa > North.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Almohades
Almoravides
Africa, North > History > 647-1517.
Afrique du Nord > Histoire > 647-1517.
North Africa
Spain > Andalusia
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Almoravids: striving in the path of God
  • The Almohads: revelation, revolution and empire
  • Society in the Almoravid and Almohad eras, 1050-1250
  • Economy and trade within and beyond imperial frontiers, 1050-1250
  • Malikism, Mahdism and mysticism: religion and learning, 1050-1250
  • 'The most wondrous artifice': the art and architecture of the Berber empires
  • Conclusion.

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