Byzantine Dress Accessories in North Africa: Koiné and Regionality
In North Africa, as in other regions of the Byzantine Empire, supra-regional types and fashions sometimes co-existed with local traditions.
Medieval historian knighted by the King of Belgium
Professor Benjamin Hendrickx of the Department of Greek and Latin Studies at the University of Johannesburg was recently awarded a knighthood in the…
Biblical, mythical, and foreign women in the texts and pictures on medieval world maps
Biblical, mythical, and foreign women in the texts and pictures on medieval world maps Baumgartner, Ingrid The Hereford world map: medieval world maps and…
Gender, religion and society : a study of women and convent life in coptic orthodox Egypt
Gender, religion and society : a study of women and convent life in coptic orthodox Egypt Jeppson, Karolina M.A. Cultural Anthropology Thesis,Uppsala University,…
Crusades and Jihads: A Long-Run Economic Perspective
Crusades and Jihads: A Long-Run Economic Perspective Heston, Alan Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 588, Islam: Enduring…
Prester John: Fiction and History
Prester John: Fiction and History Bar-Ilan, Meir History of European Ideas, 20/1-3 (1995) Abstract A Hebrew book of Ben-Sira was published in 1519 in…
“Western Islamic Art” The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Western Islamic Art” Aanavi, Don The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 3 (November, 1968) Abstract Islamic art springs from a…
The Origins of Amazigh Women’s Power in North Africa: An Historical Overview
The Origins of Amazigh Women’s Power in North Africa: An Historical Overview By Ulbani Aït Frawsen and L’Hocine Ukerdi Al-Raida, Vol.20 (2003) Introduction:…
Archaeological team to investigate medieval town in East Africa
An exceptionally well-preserved example of a medieval Swahili stonetown on the coast of East Africa will be excavated by an international team of…
Archaeological Investigations at Songo Mnara, Tanzania, 2009
Archaeological Investigations at Songo Mnara, Tanzania, 2009 By Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher Nyame Akuma: Bulletin of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Vol.…
The development of urbanism in the northern Horn of Africa in ancient and medieval times
The development of urbanism in the northern Horn of Africa in ancient and medieval times By Rodolfo Fattovich The Development of Urbanism from…
Ambassadors, Explorers, and Allies: A Study of African-European Diplomatic Relationships, 1400-1600
Ambassadors, Explorers, and Allies: A Study of African-European Diplomatic Relationships, 1400-1600 By Andrea Felber Seligman CUREJ – College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal (2007)…
An Important Waypoint on Passage of Navigation History: Zheng He’s Sailing to West Ocean
An Important Waypoint on Passage of Navigation History: Zheng He’s Sailing to West Ocean By Jin Ding, Chaojian Shi and Adam Weintrit Paper…
Pre-Colonial Criminal Justice In West Africa: Eurocentric Thought Versus Africentric Evidence
Pre-Colonial Criminal Justice In West Africa: Eurocentric Thought Versus Africentric Evidence By David Dalgleish African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies, Vol.1:1 (2005)…
Monogamy in Islam: The case of a Tunisian Marriage Contract
Monogamy in Islam: The case of a Tunisian Marriage Contract By Dalenda Largueche Occasional Paper of the IAS School of Social Science (2010) Introduction:…
The Western Sudan in the Middle Ages: Underdevelopment in the Empires of the Western Sudan
The Western Sudan in the Middle Ages: Underdevelopment in the Empires of the Western Sudan By A. G. Hopkins Past and Present, Vol.…
Ibn al-Lihyani: sultan of Tunis and would-be Christian convert (1311–18)
Ibn al-Lihyani: sultan of Tunis and would-be Christian convert (1311–18) By Michael Lower Mediterranean Historical Review, Vol. 24:1 (2009) Abstract: The fifteenth century is…
The Almohads: The Rise of an Islamic Empire
The Almohads: The Rise of an Islamic Empire By Allen J. Fromherz IB Tauris, 2010 ISBN: 9781845116514 How did an obscure Islamic visionary…
The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta
The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta: Uncommon Tales of a Medieval Adventurer By David Waines I.B. Tauris, 2010 ISBN: 978 184511 805 1 Summary:…
Garima Gospels found to be oldest surviving Christian illustrated manuscripts
Radiocarbon testing has revealed that a pair of illustrated gospels kept in a remote monastery in Ethiopia may have been made as early…
Bridging Europe and Africa: Norman Sicily’s Other Kingdom
The Norman conquest of Sicily detached the island from its North African framework, and a century of Latin Christian rule effectively transformed its society. But the island was not completely disconnected from the southern Mediterranean, as long term trade contacts, political links and military ambitions intervened to cast relations between the two sides.
A Chinese in the Nubian and Abyssinian Kingdoms (8th Century): The visit of Du Huan to Molin-guo and Laobosa
A Chinese in the Nubian and Abyssinian Kingdoms (8th Century): The visit of Du Huan to Molin-guo and Laobosa By Wolbert Smidt Chroniques…
Sijilmassa: The Rise and Fall of a Walled Oasis in Medieval Morocco
Sjilmassa, once a great oasis city that organized caravans for gold across the Sahara, lies today in ruins along the Wadi Ziz in the Tafilalt oasis of southeastern Morocco. Sijilmassa flourished for nearly 650 years after its establishment in AD 757, and housed a population of perhaps 30,000 in the last two hundred years of its existence.
