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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 common ancestry, culture, or language. Certainly, there were groups considered barbarians by the Romans, but "Barbarian," or its cognate, "Berber" was not an ethnonym, nor was it exclusive to North Africa. Yet today, it is common to see studies of the Christianization or Romanization of the Berbers, or of their resistance to foreign conquerors like the Carthaginians, Vandals, or Arabs. Archaeologists and linguists routinely describe proto-Berber groups and languages in even more ancient t...
Source: PublisherMore about this editionShow lessGet bookBorrowEdit locationCancelCheck availability at libraries near youNo matching city or zip codeOther editionsAug 2, 2019Feb 15, 2022University of Pennsylvania Press, IncorporatedUniversity of Pennsylvania PressHardcoverPaperback261 pages272 pagesCommon terms and phrasesAbbāsidsAbd al-RahmanAbūAghlabidsal-Andalusal-Bakrīal-buldānal-maghribal-mamālikal-Mīlīal-QayrawānAlgeriaAlgiersAlmohadAlmoravidsAmazighancientAndalusīArabic sourcesArabsArabs and BerbersauthorsBanūBanū HilalBarbarBarbariaBedouinBeirutBerBerber languageBerbériebilād al-barbarBrett and FentressBrillBrunschvigcaliphcategory BerbercenturycitiescivilizationMore terms and phrasesShow lessSimilar booksAbout the workOriginally published: July 5, 2019Subject: History / Africa / North, History / Europe / Medieval, History / Africa / General, Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Africa, North -- History -- 647-1517, Berbers -- Ethnic identity -- Historiography -- History -- Sources -- Africa, North, Berbers -- Historiography -- History -- Sources -- Africa, North -- Ethnic identity -- Sources, Berbers -- Historiography -- Sources -- History -- Africa, NorthSee moreAuthorRamzi RouighiAuthorRamzi Rouighi is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies and History at the University of Southern California. He is author of The Making of a Mediterranean Emirate: Ifriqiya and Its Andalusis, 1200-1400, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.Search Ramzi RouighiMore by authorThe Making of a Mediterranean EmirateIfriqiya and Its Andalusis, 1200-1400By Ramzi RouighiThe thirteenth century marks a turning point in the history of the western Mediterranean. The armies of Castile and Aragon won significant and decisive victories over Muslims in Iberia and took over ...PublisherUniversity of PennsylvaniaSearch University of PennsylvaniaMore from the publisher collectionThe Burgundian CodeBook of Constitutions Or Law of Gundobad; Additional Enactments · Volume 5"Gives the reader a portrayal of the social institutions of a Germanic people far richer and more exhaustive than any other available source."--from the Foreword, by Edward Peters From the bloody ...The Scientific Achievement of the Middle AgesBy Richard C. DalesThe scientists of the twelfth century were daring, original, inventive, and above all determined to discover purely rational explanations of natural phenomena. Their intense interest in the natural ...The OrdealBy Henry Charles LeaHenry Charles Lea was one of the first American historians to use what would later be termed comparative and anthropological approaches to history. Under his pen, the study of the medieval ordeal ...More books
