Origin and Development of the Libyco-Berber Script
| Author | : Werner Pichler |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 143 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Berber languages |
| ISBN | : 9783896453945 |
Origin And Development Of The Libyco Berber Script
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Writing the Early Medieval West
| Author | : Elina Screen |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 334 |
| Release | : 2018-05-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 110819592X |
Far from the oral society it was once assumed to have been, early medieval Europe was fundamentally shaped by the written word. This book offers a pioneering collection of fresh and innovative studies on a wide range of topics, each one representing cutting-edge scholarship, and collectively setting the field on a new footing. Concentrating on the role of writing in mediating early medieval knowledge of the past, on the importance of surviving manuscripts as clues to the circulation of ideas and political and cultural creativity, and on the role that texts of different kinds played both in supporting and in subverting established power relations, these essays represent a milestone in studies of the early medieval written word.
The Arabic Script in Africa
| Author | : Meikal Mumin |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2014-01-30 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9004256806 |
The Arabic script in Africa contains sixteen papers on the past and present use of Arabic script to write African languages. These writing traditions, which are sometimes collectively referred to as Ajami, are discussed for single or multiple languages, with examples from all major linguistic phyla of Africa but one (Khoisan), and from all geographic areas of Africa (North, West, Central, East, and South Africa), as well as a paper on the Ajami heritage in the Americas. The papers analyze (ethno-) historical, literary, (socio-) linguistic, and in particular grammatological aspects of these previously understudied writing traditions and exemplify their range and scope, providing new data for the comparative study of writing systems, literacy in Africa, and the history of (Islam in) Africa.
Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 537 |
| Release | : 2018-08-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004380183 |
Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past offers a comprehensive assessment of new directions in the historiography of West Africa. With twenty-four chapters by leading researchers in the study of West African history and cultures, the volume examines the main trends in multiple fields including the critical interpretation of Arabic sources; new archaeological surveys of trans-Saharan trade; the discovery of sources in Latin America relating to pan-Atlantic histories; and the continuing analysis of oral histories. The volume is dedicated to Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, whose work inspired the intellectual reorientations discussed in its chapters and stands as the clearest formulation of the book’s central focus on the relationship between political conjunctures and the production of sources. Contributors are: Benjamin Acloque, Karin Barber, Seydou Camara, Mamadou Diawara, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, François-Xavier Fauvelle, Nikolas Gestrich, Toby Green, Bruce Hall, Jan Jansen, Shamil Jeppie, Daouda Keita, Murray Last, Robin Law, Camille Lefebvre, Paul Lovejoy, Ghislaine Lydon, Carlos Magnavita, Sonja Magnavita, Kevin MacDonald, Thomas McCaskie, Ann McDougall, Daniela Moreau, Mauro Nobili, Insa Nolte, Abel-Wedoud Ould-Cheikh, Benedetta Rossi, Charles Stewart.
Writing the Early Medieval West
| Author | : Elina Screen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2018-05-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107198399 |
This innovative collection re-evaluates the function and significance of the written word in early medieval Europe.
The Global Prehistory of Human Migration
| Author | : Immanuel Ness |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2014-11-10 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1118970594 |
Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Presents interdisciplinary coverage of this topic, including scholarship from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, genetics, biology, linguistics, and more Includes contributions from a diverse international team of authors, representing 17 countries and a variety of disciplines Divided into two sections, covering the Pleistocene and Holocene; each section examines human migration through chapters that focus on different regional and disciplinary lenses
Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen)
| Author | : Hsain Ilahiane |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 489 |
| Release | : 2017-03-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1442281820 |
Berbers, also known as Imazighen, are the ancient inhabitants of North Africa, but rarely have they formed an actual kingdom or separate nation state. Ranging anywhere between 15-50 million, depending on how they are classified, the Berbers have influenced the culture and religion of Roman North Africa and played key roles in the spread of Islam and its culture in North Africa, Spain, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Taken together, these dynamics have over time converted to redefine the field of Berber identity and its socio-political representations and symbols, making it an even more important issue in the 21st century. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Berbers contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Berbers.
The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean
| Author | : Carolina López-Ruiz |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 787 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0197654428 |
The Phoenicians created the Mediterranean world as we know it--yet they remain a poorly understood group. In this Handbook, the first of its kind in English, readers will find expert essays covering the history, culture, and areas of settlement throughout the Phoenician and Punic world.
Written Culture in a Colonial Context
| Author | : Adrien Delmas |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 2012-01-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004223894 |
Exploring the extent to which the control over the materiality of writing has shaped the numerous and complex processes of cultural exchange from the 16th century onwards, this book introduces the specifities of written culture anchored in colonial contexts.
