Inventing the Berbers history and ideology in the Maghrib /
Before the Arabs conquered northwest Africa in the seventh century, Ramzi Rouighi asserts, there were no Berbers. There were Moors (Mauri), Mauretanians, Africans, and many tribes and tribal federations such as the Leuathae or Musulami; and before the Arabs, no one thought that these groups shared a...
| Main Author: | Rouighi, Ramzi, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2019]
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| Physical Description: |
261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
Middle Ages series.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I : Medieval Origins
- 1. Berberization and its origins
- 2. Making Berbers
- Pt. II : Genealogy and homeland
- 3. The Berber people
- 4. The Maghrib and the land of the Berbers
- Pt. III : Modern Medieval Berbers
- 5. Modern Origin
- 6. Beacons, guides, and marked paths
- Conclusion.