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Lost Civilization
The Contested Islamic Past in Spain and Portugal
Lost Civilization
The Contested Islamic Past in Spain and Portugal
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Al-Andalus, the Iberian Islamic civilization centred on Cordoba in the tenth and eleventh centuries, has been a 'lost' civilization in several respects. Its history suppressed or denied for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was regarded as a kind of 'historical parenthesis' with no lasting influence. Over the past twenty-five years, however, the history and archaeology of the Islamic period in the Iberian peninsula has undergone a complete transformation. Lost Civilization presents an introduction to this debate as it has played out in archaeology, taking a comparative civilizations approach that puts the formation of al-Andalus in context with corresponding developments elsewhere in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Product details
| Published | 15 Jan 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 144 |
| ISBN | 9780715635681 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Series | Debates in Archaeology |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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