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Cambridge World Archaeology: The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • 488 páginas
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This comprehensive study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa charts the historical background and archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria. Surveying a timespan from the immediate pre-Islamic period through to the present, Timothy Insoll analyzes the processes (jihad, trade, missionary activity, prestige) by which Islam spread. This book is relevant to scholars, students and all readers interested in Africa, archaeology, religion and Islam.

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Cambridge World Archaeology: The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, Timothy Insoll

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Título
Cambridge World Archaeology: The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2003
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
488
ISBN10
0521657024
ISBN13
9780521657020
Serie
Etiquetas
Arqueología
Descripción
This comprehensive study of the impact of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa charts the historical background and archaeological evidence attesting to the spread of Islam across the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Nigeria. Surveying a timespan from the immediate pre-Islamic period through to the present, Timothy Insoll analyzes the processes (jihad, trade, missionary activity, prestige) by which Islam spread. This book is relevant to scholars, students and all readers interested in Africa, archaeology, religion and Islam.