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North Africa : a history from antiquity to the present /
North Africa has been a vital crossroads throughout history, serving as a connection between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Paradoxically, however, the region's historical significance has been chronically underestimated. In a book that may lead scholars to reimagine the concept of Western civilizat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin, TX :
University Of Texas Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | Revised edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Maps; A Note to the Reader; Preface to First Edition; Preface to Revised Edition; Introduction; 1. Ancient North Africa and Its Expansive Civilizations; 2. Rome and North Africa; 3. Medieval North Africa: From the Arrival of Islam to the Berber Empires; 4. The Almoravid and the Almohad Empires and Their Successor States; 5. Turkish Ascendanceand Moroccan Independence; 6. European Colonialism in North Africa; 7. The Decolonization of North Africa; 8. Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia.
- 9. Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, and Western SaharaConclusion. The Peril and Promise of North Africa; Afterword. The North African Spring; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.