The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny
Author:   Ronald A. Messier ,  James A. Miller
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Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 June 2015
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The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny


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Author:   Ronald A. Messier ,  James A. Miller
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781477311356


ISBN 10:   1477311351
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 June 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Notes on Dates and Transliteration Acknowledgments Prologue. Ibn Battuta's Sijilmasa Journey Chapter 1. Approaches to Sijilmasa Chapter 2. Confluence of Time and Space in Morocco's Desert Land Chapter 3. Founding the Oasis City Chapter 4. Sijilmasa in Empire Chapter 5. Moroccan Rulers at the Desert's Edge: The Filalians Chapter 6. Out of Sijilmasa: The Alaouites Chapter 7. Using Models of the Islamic City as Guides Chapter 8. An Altered Present; An Uncertain Future Appendix 1. Moroccan Dynastic Rulers Governing Sijilmasa Appendix 2. Ceramics Typology Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Ronald A. Messier is Professor Emeritus of History at Middle Tennessee State University. From 1987 to 1998, he directed the excavation of Sijilmasa. He is the author of The Almoravids and the Meanings of Jihad and coeditor of The Jihad and Its Times.James A. Miller is the Director of the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE), the Fulbright Commission in Morocco. He is Associate Professor Emeritus of Geography at Clemson University and the author of Imlil: A Modern Moroccan Geography.

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