Archaeology of Islam in Sub Saharan Africa

Informationen zum Autor Timothy Insoll is Lecturer in Archaeology at the School of Art History and Archaeology of the University of Manchester. Klappentext The first comprehensive study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa from Muhammed onwards. Zusammenfassung This is the first general study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa from the immediate pre-Islamic period to the present day. Timothy Insoll charts the historical background and the archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam! and analyses its methods of conversion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: an introduction; 2. Aksum to Adal: Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa; 3. The Nilotic Sudan; 4. The Eastern African Coast and offshore islands; 5. The Western Sahel; 6. The Central Sudan; 7. The West African Sudan and Forest; 8. The African interior: Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa; 9. Conclusions.

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• Authors: Timothy Insoll, Timothy (University of Manchester) Insoll
• Assisted by: Susan Alcock (Editor), Norman Yoffee (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2003
• EAN: 9780521657020
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65702-0
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 247 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Cambridge World Archaeology; Cambridge World Archaeology (P
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)