The last civilized place :: Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny /
Set along the Sahara's edge, Sijilmasa was an African El Dorado, a legendary city of gold. But unlike El Dorado, Sijilmasa was a real city, the pivot in the gold trade between ancient Ghana and the Mediterranean world. Following its emergence as an independent city-state controlling a monopoly...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Set along the Sahara's edge, Sijilmasa was an African El Dorado, a legendary city of gold. But unlike El Dorado, Sijilmasa was a real city, the pivot in the gold trade between ancient Ghana and the Mediterranean world. Following its emergence as an independent city-state controlling a monopoly on gold during its first 250 years, Sijilmasa was incorporated into empire--Almoravid, Almohad, and onward--leading to the "last civilized place" becoming the cradle of today's Moroccan dynasty, the Alaouites. Sijilmasa's millennium of greatness ebbed with periods of war, renewal, and abandonment. Today, its ruins lie adjacent to and under the modern town of Rissani, bypassed by time. The Moroccan-American Project at Sijilmasa draws on archaeology, historical texts, field reconnaissance, oral tradition, and legend to weave the story of how this fabled city mastered its fate. The authors' deep local knowledge and interpretation of the written and ecological record allow them to describe how people and place molded four distinct periods in the city's history. Messier and Miller compare models of Islamic cities to what they found on the ground to understand how Sijilmasa functioned as a city. Continuities and discontinuities between Sijilmasa and the contemporary landscape sharpen questions regarding the nature of human life on the rim of the desert. What, they ask, allows places like Sijilmasa to rise to greatness? What causes them to fall away and disappear into the desert sands? |
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| spelling | Messier, Ronald A., author. The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / by Ronald A. Messier and James A. Miller. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Ibn Battuta's Sijilmasa journey -- Approaches to Sijilmasa -- Confluence of time and space in Morocco's desert land -- Founding the oasis city -- Sijilmasa in empire -- Moroccan rulers at the desert's edge: the Filalians -- Out of Sijilmasa: the Alaouites -- Using models of the Islamic city as guides -- An altered present; an uncertain future -- Appendix 1. Moroccan dynastic rulers governing Sijilmasa -- Appendix 2. Ceramics typology. Print version record. Set along the Sahara's edge, Sijilmasa was an African El Dorado, a legendary city of gold. But unlike El Dorado, Sijilmasa was a real city, the pivot in the gold trade between ancient Ghana and the Mediterranean world. Following its emergence as an independent city-state controlling a monopoly on gold during its first 250 years, Sijilmasa was incorporated into empire--Almoravid, Almohad, and onward--leading to the "last civilized place" becoming the cradle of today's Moroccan dynasty, the Alaouites. Sijilmasa's millennium of greatness ebbed with periods of war, renewal, and abandonment. Today, its ruins lie adjacent to and under the modern town of Rissani, bypassed by time. The Moroccan-American Project at Sijilmasa draws on archaeology, historical texts, field reconnaissance, oral tradition, and legend to weave the story of how this fabled city mastered its fate. The authors' deep local knowledge and interpretation of the written and ecological record allow them to describe how people and place molded four distinct periods in the city's history. Messier and Miller compare models of Islamic cities to what they found on the ground to understand how Sijilmasa functioned as a city. Continuities and discontinuities between Sijilmasa and the contemporary landscape sharpen questions regarding the nature of human life on the rim of the desert. What, they ask, allows places like Sijilmasa to rise to greatness? What causes them to fall away and disappear into the desert sands? Sijilmasa (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2014001672 Excavations (Archaeology) Morocco. Fouilles (Archéologie) Maroc. HISTORY Africa General. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East General. bisacsh Excavations (Archaeology) fast Morocco fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRqtjpFY3h4v69ctP7xc Morocco Sijilmasa (Extinct city) fast Ausgrabung gnd Handelsstadt gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4125402-8 Sidjilmạssa gnd Miller, James Andrew, author. Print version: Messier, Ronald A. Last civilized place. First edition 9780292766655 (DLC) 2014026620 (OCoLC)886879665 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=968025 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Messier, Ronald A. Miller, James Andrew The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / Ibn Battuta's Sijilmasa journey -- Approaches to Sijilmasa -- Confluence of time and space in Morocco's desert land -- Founding the oasis city -- Sijilmasa in empire -- Moroccan rulers at the desert's edge: the Filalians -- Out of Sijilmasa: the Alaouites -- Using models of the Islamic city as guides -- An altered present; an uncertain future -- Appendix 1. Moroccan dynastic rulers governing Sijilmasa -- Appendix 2. Ceramics typology. Excavations (Archaeology) Morocco. Fouilles (Archéologie) Maroc. HISTORY Africa General. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East General. bisacsh Excavations (Archaeology) fast Ausgrabung gnd Handelsstadt gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4125402-8 |
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| title | The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / |
| title_auth | The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / |
| title_exact_search | The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / |
| title_full | The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / by Ronald A. Messier and James A. Miller. |
| title_fullStr | The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / by Ronald A. Messier and James A. Miller. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / by Ronald A. Messier and James A. Miller. |
| title_short | The last civilized place : |
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| title_sub | Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / |
| topic | Excavations (Archaeology) Morocco. Fouilles (Archéologie) Maroc. HISTORY Africa General. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East General. bisacsh Excavations (Archaeology) fast Ausgrabung gnd Handelsstadt gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4125402-8 |
| topic_facet | Sijilmasa (Extinct city) Excavations (Archaeology) Morocco. Fouilles (Archéologie) Maroc. HISTORY Africa General. HISTORY Middle East General. Excavations (Archaeology) Morocco Morocco Sijilmasa (Extinct city) Ausgrabung Handelsstadt Sidjilmạssa |
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