The Sahara

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23404195
AutoresSam Nixon (Centre for Archaeology and Heritage, Sainsbury Institute, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Páginas286-309
Fecha de publicación2020-11-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaOxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199987870.013.11
OpenAlexW4234987926
ISBN9780199987870
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas26

This chapter introduces the neglected Islamic archaeology of the Sahara. First, it draws together for the first time some of the important but little-known archaeological sites of the early Islamic Sahara. This is then followed by an exploration of key research themes: trade; urban planning and architecture; technology; religion and the early Islamization of the Sahara. The chapter is framed in reference to the particular conditions of Islam in the Sahara, as both a region removed from the landscape of the core centers of power within the Islamic world and one strongly influenced by its role in long-distance “trans-Saharan” trade and exchange networks.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Economy · Geography · Islam · Islamization · Key (lock) · Power (physics) · African Studies and Geopolitics · Architecture · Ecology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis