The Berbers
"The Berbers is the first attempt by English scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of the history of the Berber-speaking peoples. From the first appearance of humans in the Maghreb, through the rise of the formidable Berber kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania, the book traces the origins of the distinct characteristics of these disparate peoples, regarded as the indigenous inhabitants of North Africa. In examining, too, the responses to external overlords, whether Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, or, most recently, European imperial powers, the authors indicate the importance for the various Berber communities of such factors as language, tradition, social organization and geographical location. The book also covers the role of religion and trade as forces of social change in North Africa."--Book cover
xvi, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780631168522, 9780631207672, 0631168524, 0631207678
31077775
Berbers in antiquity; the empire and the other - Romans and Berbers; the unification of North Africa by Islam; the Arabization of North Africa; the wheel of state; pastoral Berbers - nomads, slaves and saints; the society and its habitats; Berbers and Berberism.