Research Catalog

Title

The Berbers / Michael Brett and Elizabeth Fentress.

Author

Brett, Michael.

Publication

Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, USA : Blackwell, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Fentress, Elizabeth.

Description

xvi, 350 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Berbers is the first attempt by English scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of the history of the Berber-speaking peoples. From the first appearance of humans in the Maghreb, through the rise of the formidable Berber kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania, the book traces the origins of the distinct characteristics of these disparate peoples, regarded as the indigenous inhabitants of North Africa. In examining, too, the responses to external overlords, whether Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, or, most recently, European imperial powers, the authors indicate the importance for the various Berber communities of such factors as language, tradition, social organization and geographical location. The book also covers the role of religion and trade as forces of social change in North Africa."--Book cover.

Series Statement

The Peoples of Africa

Uniform Title

The Peoples of Africa.

Subject

• Africa, North > Social life and customs
• Berbers

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-339) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Berbers in Antiquity. Capsian Stone Industries. The Neolithic in the Maghreb. The Spread of Berber Language. Mediterranean Connections. The Sahara and the Garamantes. Punic North Africa and the Berber Kingdoms. Syphax and Masinissa. Royal Tombs. North Africa under the Numidian Kings. Tribes and the State. Dreaming in Tombs: the Cult of the Dead. The Development of Indigenous Civil Institutions. Written Language. Jugurtha. Towards Annexation: Kings, Tribal Leaders and Romans. The Clients: Juba II and Cleopatra Selene. Tacfarinas and the Musulamian Revolt. The Eclipse of the Berber Kingdoms -- 2. The Empire and the Other: Romans and Berbers. Co-option: Becoming a Roman. Berbers in the Army. Peasants and Property Relations. Tribes and the Unregenerate. Cycles of Aggression. The Late Empire and the Rebirth of the Berber Kingdoms. The Threat from the Desert. Desert Kingdoms. Byzantine Rule and the End of the African City -- 3. The Unification of North Africa by Islam.

ISBN

0631168524

LCCN

^^^94035110^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library