Qsar es-Seghir

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483268403
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Download or read book Qsar es-Seghir written by Charles L. Redman and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Qsar es-Seghir: An Archaeological View of Medieval Life presents the findings of archaeological investigations at Qsar es-Seghir, a medieval port midway between Tangier and Ceuta on the Moroccan shores of the Strait of Gibraltar. The archaeology and material inventory of Qsar es-Seghir are described, along with the reconstruction of the city based on archaeological analysis. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with an introduction to Qsar es-Seghir and an overview of the Moroccan-American Archaeological Project that was launched with the support of the Smithsonian Institution and the government of Morocco to study life in this ancient Islamic city during the medieval period. After documenting the history of Qsar es-Seghir, the Islamic city is described based on the accounts of geographers and historians and then as it emerged through the archaeological excavations. Emphasis is on the architecture and town plan as they reveal the organizing principles of the society and the daily lifeways of its inhabitants. Subsequent chapters focus on the artifacts used by the people of Qsar es-Seghir, including tools, weapons, tableware, and jewelry; the activities that were conducted at Qsar es-Seghir; and the town plan, fortifications, monuments, and housing at Qsar es-Seghir as a Portuguese colony. This monograph should be of value to students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of archaeology and anthropology, as well as to laypersons interested in medieval life.

Forgotten Africa

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Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 0203511808
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book Forgotten Africa written by Graham Connah and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgotten Africa introduces the general reader and beginning student to Africa's past, emphasizing those aspects only known or best known from archaeological and related evidence. It covers four million years of history across the continent, examining important aspects of Africa's momentous human story. Graham Connah is concerned to raise public awareness, both inside and outside Africa, to this frequently overlooked and often forgotten subject. Forgotten Africa examines: * human origins, * the material culture of hunter gatherers * the beginnings of African farming, the development of metallurgy * the emergence of distinctive artistic traditions * the growth of cities and states * the expansion of trading networks * the impact of European and other external contacts. The result is a fascinating and important story told in a straightforward and readable manner.

Foundation, Dedication and Consecration in Early Modern Europe

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004217576
Total Pages : 415 pages
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Download or read book Foundation, Dedication and Consecration in Early Modern Europe written by M. Delbeke and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together contributions from art history, architectural history, historiography and history of law, this volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the manifold meanings of foundation, dedication and consecration rituals and narratives in early modern culture.

Archaeology at La Isabela

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030013391X
Total Pages : 412 pages
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Download or read book Archaeology at La Isabela written by Kathleen A. Deagan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Kathleen Deagan and Jose Maria Cruxent present detailed technical documentation of their ten-year archaeological excavation of La Isabela, America's first colony. The artefacts and material remains of the town offer rich material for comparative research into Euro-American cultural and material development during the crucial transition from the medieval era to the Renaissance. The period when La Isabela was in existence witnessed great innovation and change in many areas of technology. The archaeological evidence of La Isabela's architecture, weaponry, numismatics, pottery and metallurgy can be precisely dated, helping to chart the sequence of this change and revealing much that is new about late medieval technology. The authors' archaeological research also provides a foundation for their insights into the reasons for the demise of La Isabela.

Historical Dictionary of Morocco

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442262974
Total Pages : 1003 pages
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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Morocco by : Aomar Boum

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Morocco written by Aomar Boum and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 1003 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical reference work on Morocco must take as its subject al-maghrib al-aqsa (the far west) as the Arabic scholars have generally referred to the approximate region of present-day Morocco, roughly the north-west corner of Africa but at times including much of the Iberian peninsula, because the modern nation-state is a relatively recent creation owing much to events in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. External influences on Morocco tend to come across the narrow straits of Gibraltar to the north, from the east along the Mediterranean litoral, or up from the Sahara. In each case, access is constrained by geography and continued control from outside the region has been difficult to manage over the long term. Although many of the dynasties that came to power in Morocco conquered much broader regions, history and topology have so conspired that there is still more coherence to an historical focus on al-maghrib al-aqsa than is the case for most modern nation-states. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Morocco contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Morocco.

Convicts and Orphans

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Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804733595
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Download or read book Convicts and Orphans written by Timothy J. Coates and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the early modern Portuguese state used convicts and orphans to populate its global empire. In addition, it addresses the issue of gender in the state's use of two distinct groups of single women as colonizers, orphan girls and reformed prostitutes, each given state-awarded dowries if they agreed to relocate overseas.

Historical Dictionary of Morocco

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810865114
Total Pages : 742 pages
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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Morocco by : Thomas K. Park

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Morocco written by Thomas K. Park and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive introduction, which focuses on Morocco's history, provides a helpful synopsis of the kingdom, and is supplemented with a useful chronology of major events. Hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on former rulers, current leaders, ancient capitals, significant locations, influential institutions, and crucial aspects of the economy, society, culture and religion form the core of the book. A bibliography of sources is included to promote further more specialized study.

City Walls

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521652216
Total Pages : 732 pages
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Book Synopsis City Walls by : James D. Tracy

Download or read book City Walls written by James D. Tracy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-25 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays presented in this volume, first published in 2000, describe a phenomenon so widespread in human time and space that its importance is easily overlooked. City walls shaped the history of warfare; the mobilisation of manpower and resources needed to build them favoured some kinds of polities over others; and their massive strength, appropriately ornamented, created a visual language of authority. Previous collective volumes on the subject have dealt mainly with Europe, but the historians and art historians who collaborate here follow a comparative agenda. The millennial practice of wall building that branched out from the ancient Near East into India, Europe, and North Africa shows continuities and points of contact of which the makers of urban fortifications were scarcely aware; separate traditions in China, sub-Saharan Africa, and North America illustrate universal themes of defensive strategy and the symbolism of power, each time embedded in a distinctive local context.

Sacred Precincts

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004280227
Total Pages : 580 pages
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Book Synopsis Sacred Precincts by : Mohammad Gharipour

Download or read book Sacred Precincts written by Mohammad Gharipour and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines non-Muslim religious sites, structures and spaces in the Islamic world. It reveals a vibrant portrait of life in the religious sites by illustrating how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. Sacred Precincts explores urban context; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of sacred sites and architecture in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from the advent of Islam to the 20th century. It includes case studies on churches and synagogues in Iran, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Malta, and on sacred sites in Nigeria, Mali, and the Gambia. With contributions by Clara Alvarez, Angela Andersen, Karen Britt, Karla Britton, Jorge Manuel Simão Alves Correia, Elvan Cobb, Daniel Coslett, Mohammad Gharipour, Mattia Guidetti, Suna Güven, Esther Kühn, Amy Landau, Ayla Lepine, Theo Maarten van Lint, David Mallia, Erin Maglaque, Susan Miller, A.A. Muhammad-Oumar, Meltem Özkan Altınöz, Jennifer Pruitt, Rafael Sedighpour, Ann Shafer, Jorge Manuel Simão Alves Correia, Ebru Özeke Tökmeci, Steven Thomson, Heghnar Watenpaugh, Alyson Wharton and Ethel S. Wolper.

Exiles and Orphans Forced and State-sponsored Colonizers in the Portuguese Empire, 1550-1720

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
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African Civilizations

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107011876
Total Pages : 427 pages
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Download or read book African Civilizations written by Graham Connah and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new revised edition offers expanded coverage, new illustrations and an extended new list of references.

Andalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Book Synopsis Andalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain by : Florence Cline Lister

Download or read book Andalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain written by Florence Cline Lister and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The specific treatment of ceramics is in itself peripheral to the primary importance of this book--that of integrating several distinct disciplinary data sources through the perspective of an important craft tradition, to arrive at a richer understanding of several poorly known aspects of everyday life in the past. The scholarly content of this book is happily complemented by its readability, its copious illustrations, its extensive bibliography, and the careful craftsmanship of its publisher."--Hispanic American Historical Review "Unbelievably thorough study of the development of the Andalusian ceramic tradition from its earliest precursors to its flourishing in the New World."--Hispanic Journal

Exiles and Orphans Forced and State-sponsored Colonizers in the Portuguese Empire, 1550-1720

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
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Download or read book Exiles and Orphans Forced and State-sponsored Colonizers in the Portuguese Empire, 1550-1720 written by Timothy Joel Coates and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Middle Eastern City and Islamic Urbanism

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Middle Eastern City and Islamic Urbanism by : Michael E. Bonine

Download or read book The Middle Eastern City and Islamic Urbanism written by Michael E. Bonine and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bibliography Brings Together A Rather Diffused Literature From Many Different Disciplines In Order To Provide A Research Tool For Scholars Interested In The Subject. The Area Covered Is Most Of The Islamic World, Although The Concentration Is On The Core Area Of The Middle East And North Africa. The Bibliography Focuses On Western Language Literature, Esp. English, German, French And To A Lesser Extent Spanish. Coverboard Slightly Wornout, Spine Has A Very Minor Tear, Text Absolutely Clean, Condition Good.

Studia

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book Studia written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

ABSTRACTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
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Download or read book ABSTRACTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spanish Artifacts from Santa Elena

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
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Download or read book Spanish Artifacts from Santa Elena written by Stanley A. South and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: