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Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond

Author : D. J. Mattingly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108186998
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by D. J. Mattingly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saharan trade has been much debated in modern times, but the main focus of interest remains the medieval and early modern periods, for which more abundant written sources survive. The pre-Islamic origins of Trans-Saharan trade have been hotly contested over the years, mainly due to a lack of evidence. Many of the key commodities of trade are largely invisible archaeologically, being either of high value like gold and ivory, or organic like slaves and textiles or consumable commodities like salt. However, new research on the Libyan people known as the Garamantes and on their trading partners in the Sudan and Mediterranean Africa requires us to revise our views substantially. In this volume experts re-assess the evidence for a range of goods, including beads, textiles, metalwork and glass, and use it to paint a much more dynamic picture, demonstrating that the pre-Islamic Sahara was a more connected region than previously thought.

The Sahara

Author : Jeremy Keenan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317970012
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book The Sahara written by Jeremy Keenan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the Sahara holistically from the earliest (prehistoric) times through the ‘historical’ period to the present and with political direction into the future. The contributions cover palaeoclimatology, history, archaeology (cultural heritage), social anthropology, sociology, politics and international affairs. Structured chronologically, the volume can almost be read as a narrative of the Sahara from the earliest times to the present, i.e. from the past climates of the Sahara in prehistoric times to the current ‘war on terror’ and its implications for the peoples of the Sahara. Importantly, the collection shows how the region must be approached ‘holistically’, highlighting the importance of each of these subject areas (palaeo-climates, history, politics, etc.) in relation to each other. Indeed, the first contribution is a remarkable (and unique) paper, bringing together the work of some 8-9 internationally recognised scientists to tell the story and show the relevance to the present day of the Sahara’s past climates etc. Nearly all the contributions stand in their own right at the cutting edge of research in their respective fields (e.g. archaeology, history, politics, etc.). This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of North African Studies.

Things that Travelled

Author : Daniela Rosenow
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787351181
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Things that Travelled written by Daniela Rosenow and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research has demonstrated that, in the Roman, Late Antique, Early Islamic and Medieval worlds, glass was traded over long distances, from the Eastern Mediterranean, mainly Egypt and Israel, to Northern Africa, the Western Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Things that Travelled, a collaboration between the UCL Early Glass Technology Research Network, the Association for the History of Glass and the British Museum, aims to build on this knowledge. Covering all aspects of glass production, technology, distribution and trade in Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval/Early Islamic times, including studies from Britain, Egypt, Cyprus, Italy and many others, the volume combines the strengths of the sciences and cultural studies to offer a new approach to research on ancient glass. By bringing together such a varied mix of contributors, specialising in a range of geographical areas and chronological time frames, this volume also offers a valuable contribution to broader discussions on glass within political, economic, cultural and historical arenas.

Mobile Technologies in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond

Author : C. N. Duckworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108830544
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Mobile Technologies in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by C. N. Duckworth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines key technological innovations, knowledge transfer, connectivity and social meaning in the ancient and Medieval Sahara.

Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond

Author : Martin Sterry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108494447
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond by : Martin Sterry

Download or read book Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by Martin Sterry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking volume pushes back conventional dating of the earliest sedentarisation, urbanisation and state formation in the Sahara.

Landscapes and Landforms of the Central Sahara

Author : Jasper Knight
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031471601
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Landscapes and Landforms of the Central Sahara written by Jasper Knight and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-02-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the Central Sahara region, bringing together an unprecedented combination of diverse and often historic research published in different languages in order to describe its varied landscapes and landforms. The Central Sahara region consists of Libya, Algeria, Mali, Niger and Chad, countries that share similar landscape histories and common landscape traits, including massifs, sand seas, paleowater features and large depressions. Furthermore, human settlement of this region goes hand-in-hand with climate and environmental changes and landscape evolution during the Holocene and earlier; hence, Central Saharan landscapes and landforms provide valuable insights into landscape–human relationships over long timescales. The book offers a comprehensive yet accessible reference source, drawing on both past and present interdisciplinary research and gathering the insights of authors from many different countries to explore a region that has largely been overlooked in available literature.

Plants and People in the African Past

Author : Anna Maria Mercuri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319898396
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Plants and People in the African Past written by Anna Maria Mercuri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an essential connection between humans and plants, cultures and environments, and this is especially evident looking at the long history of the African continent. This book, comprising current research in archaeobotany on Africa, elucidates human adaptation and innovation with respect to the exploitation of plant resources. In the long-term perspective climatic changes of the environment as well as human impact have posed constant challenges to the interaction between peoples and the plants growing in different countries and latitudes. This book provides an insight into/overview of the manifold routes people have taken in various parts Africa in order to make a decent living from the provisions of their environment by bringing together the analyses of macroscopic and microscopic plant remains with ethnographic, botanical, geographical and linguistic research. The numerous chapters cover almost all the continent countries, and were prepared by most of the scholars who study African archaeobotany, i.e. the complex and composite history of plant uses and environmental transformations during the Holocene.

Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World

Author : Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019879066X
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World by : Andrew Wilson

Download or read book Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World written by Andrew Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, papers by leading Roman historians and archaeologists discuss trade within the Roman Empire and beyond its frontiers between c.100 BC and AD 350, focusing especially on the role of the Roman state in shaping the institutional framework for trade. As part of a novel interdisciplinary approach to the subject, the chapters address its myriad facets on the basis of broadly different sources of evidence - historical, papyrological, andarchaeological - demonstrating how collaborations with the elite holders of wealth within the empire fundamentally changed its political character in the longer term.

An Engraved Landscape: Rock carvings in the Wadi al-Ajal, Libya

Author : Tertia Barnett
Publisher : British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies
ISBN 13 : 1900971402
Total Pages : 933 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis An Engraved Landscape: Rock carvings in the Wadi al-Ajal, Libya by : Tertia Barnett

Download or read book An Engraved Landscape: Rock carvings in the Wadi al-Ajal, Libya written by Tertia Barnett and published by British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Engraved Landscape is a contextual analysis of a substantial new corpus of engravings from the Wadi al-Ajal, situated in the Central Saharan region of south west Libya. The wadi is renowned as the heartland of the Garamantian civilization, which emerged from local mobile Pastoral communities in the 1st millennium BC, and dominated trans-Saharan trade and politics for over a thousand years. Extensive archaeological and palaeoenvironmental investigations in recent years have provided detailed insight into the later prehistory and protohistory of the wadi and surrounding areas. However, prior to the fieldwork detailed in this work, only a handful of carvings had been recorded in the wadi. This work is based on systematic survey, conducted between 2004 and 2009, which recorded around 2,500 previously unknown or unpublished engraved and inscribed rock surfaces. All forms of engraving, whether figurative or surface markings, were viewed as significant residues of human interaction with the rock surface and were recorded. The resulting database provides an opportunity to analyze the engravings in relation to their changing physical and cultural contexts, and the discussion offers a fresh interpretation of Saharan rock art based on this substantial new evidence. An Engraved Landscape also captures in detail a unique heritage resource that is currently inaccessible and threatened. This record of the fragile engravings provides an important source of information for researchers and students.

CAA2015. Keep The Revolution Going

Author : Stefano Campana
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784913383
Total Pages : 1134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book CAA2015. Keep The Revolution Going written by Stefano Campana and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together all the successful peer-reviewed papers submitted for the proceedings of the 43rd conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology that took place in Siena (Italy) from March 31st to April 2nd 2015.

Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond

Author : M. C. Gatto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110847408X
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond by : M. C. Gatto

Download or read book Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond written by M. C. Gatto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Places burial traditions at the centre of Saharan migrations and identity debate, with new technical data and methodological analysis.

A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity

Author : R. Bruce Hitchner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444350013
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity by : R. Bruce Hitchner

Download or read book A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity written by R. Bruce Hitchner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore a one-of-a-kind and authoritative resource on Ancient North Africa A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity, edited by a recognized leader in the field, is the first reference work of its kind in English. It provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of North Africa's rich history from the Protohistoric period through Late Antiquity (1000 BCE to the 800 CE). Comprised of twenty-four thematic and topical essays by established and emerging scholars covering the area between ancient Tripolitania and the Atlantic Ocean, including the Sahara, the volume introduces readers to Ancient North Africa's environment, peoples, institutions, literature, art, economy and more, taking into account the significant body of new research and fieldwork that has been produced over the last fifty years. A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity is an essential resource for anyone interested in this important region of the Ancient World.

Archaeology of African Plant Use

Author : Chris J Stevens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315434008
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology of African Plant Use written by Chris J Stevens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major synthesis of African archaeobotany in decades, this book significantly advances our knowledge of relationship between agriculture and social complexity.

Essouk - Tadmekka

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004348999
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Essouk - Tadmekka written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essouk-Tadmekka presents the first archaeological exploration of one of the most important market towns on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes in the early Islamic period, supplying West African gold, slaves, and ivory to the Mediterranean world. Excavation of Essouk-Tadmekka’s ruins – in Saharan West Africa – has enabled Sam Nixon and a team of scholars to better understand this town described by early Arabic geographers, therein providing insights into such wider questions as the origins of trans-Saharan trade, the commerce in gold, and the arrival of Islamic culture in West Africa. This window into the earliest period of trans-Saharan exchange includes illustration of some of the best-preserved ruins along the camel-caravan routes, the earliest-known Arabic writing in West Africa, and rare gold-working remains. Contributors are: Stephanie Black, Sophie Desrosiers, Laure Dussubieux, Thomas Fenn, Dorian Fuller, James Lankton, Kevin MacDonald, Paulo de Moraes Farias, Mary-Anne Murray, Sam Nixon, Thilo Rehren, Peter Robertshaw, Jane Sidell, and Benoit Suzanne.

Life and death of a rural village in Garamantian Times. Archaeological investigations in the oasis of Fewet (Libyan Sahara)

Author : Lucia Mori
Publisher : All’Insegna del Giglio
ISBN 13 : 8878145947
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book Life and death of a rural village in Garamantian Times. Archaeological investigations in the oasis of Fewet (Libyan Sahara) written by Lucia Mori and published by All’Insegna del Giglio. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the results of the archaeological investigations in the oasis of Fewet (SW Libyan Sahara), carried out by the Archaeological Mission in the Sahara of the Sapienza University of Rome. Evidences of an ancient rural village were identified under the houses of the modern town of Tan Afella and a large necropolis, dated to the Garamantian times, spread at the fringes of the modern settlement. Until 1997 very little was known on the Garamantian period in the Wadi Tanezzuft area and on the transition from the pastoral to the early-historical phase. This period witnessed the gradual sedentarisation of human groups in the oases, and the development of caravan routes with the flourishing of an intra- and trans-Saharan trade. These processes, also influenced by significant alterations in climate, which led to the agricultural exploitation of the limited areas where water resources were available – the oases – were archaeologically unknown as far as settlements were concerned. The archaeological surveys and excavations carried out in the area of Fewet were particularly promising and are here analysed in a multidisciplinary perspective, which takes into consideration environmental and anthropological studies in the attempt to reconstruct the culture and the life of people inhabiting the Southern Fezzan region in early-historical times. «The historical archaeology of the Sahara remains an underdeveloped field of research, especially for the pre-Islamic period. The most significant exception to this rule has for long concerned the people known as the Garamantes, who inhabited the central Saharan region coincident with Libya’s south-west province, Fezzan. (…) This volume is a marvelous addition to the small corpus of published research on the Pre-Islamic oasis societies of the Sahara and provides a complementary perspective on the world of the Garamantes to the Anglo-Libyan work I have directed from their heartlands in the Wadi el-Ajal, c. 400 km to north-east of Ghat». Prof. David J. Mattingly, University of Leicester, UK.

The Cambridge World History: Volume 4, A World with States, Empires and Networks 1200 BCE–900 CE

Author : Craig Benjamin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316298302
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge World History: Volume 4, A World with States, Empires and Networks 1200 BCE–900 CE written by Craig Benjamin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1200 BCE to 900 CE, the world witnessed the rise of powerful new states and empires, as well as networks of cross-cultural exchange and conquest. Considering the formation and expansion of these large-scale entities, this fourth volume of the Cambridge World History series outlines key economic, political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments that occurred across the globe in this period. Leading scholars examine critical transformations in science and technology, economic systems, attitudes towards gender and family, social hierarchies, education, art, and slavery. The second part of the volume focuses on broader processes of change within western and central Eurasia, the Mediterranean, South Asia, Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania, as well as offering regional studies highlighting specific topics, from trade along the Silk Roads and across the Sahara, to Chaco culture in the US southwest, to Confucianism and the state in East Asia.

From Dust to Digital

Author : Maja Kominko
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783740620
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book From Dust to Digital written by Maja Kominko and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of world’s documentary heritage rests in vulnerable, little-known and often inaccessible archives. Many of these archives preserve information that may cast new light on historical phenomena and lead to their reinterpretation. But such rich collections are often at risk of being lost before the history they capture is recorded. This volume celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library, established to document and publish online formerly inaccessible and neglected archives from across the globe. From Dust to Digital showcases the historical significance of the collections identified, catalogued and digitised through the Programme, bringing together articles on 19 of the 244 projects supported since its inception. These contributions demonstrate the range of materials documented — including rock inscriptions, manuscripts, archival records, newspapers, photographs and sound archives — and the wide geographical scope of the Programme. Many of the documents are published here for the first time, illustrating the potential these collections have to further our understanding of history.