The Last Civilized Place : : Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny / / James A. Miller, Ronald A. Messier.
Set along the Sahara’s edge, Sijilmasa was an African El Dorado, a legendary city of gold. But unlike El Dorado, Sijilmasa was a real city, the pivot in the gold trade between ancient Ghana and the Mediterranean world. Following its emergence as an independent city-state controlling a monopoly on go...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Dates and Transliteration
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Ibn Battuta’s Sijilmasa Journey
- 1. Approaches to Sijilmasa
- 2. Confluence of Time and Space in Morocco’s Desert Land
- 3. Founding the Oasis City
- 4. Sijilmasa in Empire
- 5. Moroccan Rulers at the Desert’s Edge: The Filalians
- 6. Out of Sijilmasa: The Alaouites
- 7. Using Models of the Islamic City as Guides
- 8. An Altered Present; An Uncertain Future
- Appendix 1. Moroccan Dynastic Rulers Governing Sijilmasa
- Appendix 2. Ceramics Typology
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index