The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny /

Messier, Ronald A.

The last civilized place : Sijilmasa and its Saharan destiny / by Ronald A. Messier and James A. Miller. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies 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.



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Excavations (Archaeology)--Morocco.


Electronic Books.

DT329 / .L378 2015