Traces, in detailed drawings and text, the development through the ages of a fictional Islamic city in North Africa

Bibliographic Details

Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Houghton Mifflin 1994
Subjects:	Cities and towns / Africa, North / History / Juvenile literature Cities and towns / Africa, North / History Cities and towns Manners and customs Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Stadt Africa, North / History / Juvenile literature Africa, North / Social life and customs / Juvenile literature Africa, North / History Africa, North / Social life and customs Africa, North
Summary:	Traces, in detailed drawings and text, the development through the ages of a fictional Islamic city in North Africa
Item Description:	Includes index Hunter-gatherers / Mid- to late Paleolithic Age -- Snail eaters / Neolithic Age, 7000-3000 B.C. -- Iron Age village / 2000 B.C. -- Birth of a PhoenicianCity / 9th-8th century B.C. -- Punic-Numidian city at its zenith / 7th-3rd century B.C. -- Roman-African city / 2nd century B.C.-3rd century A.D. -- Late Christian antiquity / 5th-6th century A.D. -- Umm El Madayan: beginnings of an Islamic city / 7th-8th century -- New Arab culture / 9th-12th century -- Hospitable city, cultural crucible / 13th-15th century -- Golden age of a commercial city / 16th century -- In the orbit of the Ottoman Empire / Late 16th-17th century -- Umm El Madayan, yesterday and today / 19th-Mid-20th century -- Dawn of the 21st century
Physical Description:	61 pages illustrations 32 cm