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BL
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880718
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Bennison, Amira K.
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| Title & Author
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The Almoravid and Almohad empires /\ Amira K. Bennison.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh University Press,, [2016]
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, ©2016
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| Series Statement
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The Edinburgh history of the Islamic empires.
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1 online resource (xi, 382 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0748646809
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: 9780748646814
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: 9780748646821
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0748646809
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0748646817
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0748694986
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-369) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The Almoravids: striving in the path of God -- The Almohads: revelation, revolution and empire -- Society in the Almoravid and Almohad eras, 1050-1250 -- Economy and trade within and beyond imperial frontiers, 1050-1250 -- Malikism, Mahdism and mysticism: religion and learning, 1050-1250 -- 'The most wondrous artifice': the art and architecture of the Berber empires -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa.
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Almohades-- Spain-- Andalusia-- History.
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Almoravides-- Spain-- Andalusia-- History.
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Almohades.
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Almoravides.
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HISTORY-- Africa-- General.
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HISTORY-- Africa-- North.
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Africa, North, History, 647-1517.
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North Africa.
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Spain, Andalusia.
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| Dewey Classification
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961/.022
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| LC Classification
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DT199.B46 2016eb
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