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Debates in Archaeology

Lost Civilization: The Contested Islamic Past in Spain and Portugal

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Al-Andalus, the Iberian Islamic civilization centred on Córdoba in the tenth and eleventh centuries, has been a 'lost' civilization in several respects. Its history suppressed or denied for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was regarded as a kind of 'historical parenthesis' with no lasting influence. Over the past twenty-five years, however, the history and archaeology of the Islamic period in the Iberian peninsula has undergone a complete transformation. Lost Civilization presents an introduction to this debate as it has played out in archaeology, taking a comparative civilizations approach that puts the formation of al-Andalus in context with corresponding developments elsewhere in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

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Profile Image for Sebah Al-Ali.
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March 29, 2010
لطيف و موضوعي. أعجبني الفصل الأول حيث تناول وجهات النظر المختلفة اتجاه حقبة الأندلس. منهم من يرى أنها كانت فترة استعمار مؤقتة لما كان رومي الأصل. و منهم من يرى أنها فترة حضارة مستقلة و مزدهرة ساهمت في تكوين حضارة إسبانيا كما هي عليه الآن.

كعادتي مع الكتب التاريخية، (ضيّعت) في الأجزاء التي تتداخل فيها الأسماء المتعددة و التواريخ. لكن كان الجدول الذي وضح فيه خط الأزمنة المختلفة التي مرت بها المنطقة كافيا لي كي أفهم الصورة العامة.

قراءة لطيفة.
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June 19, 2019
A good historical overview of the archaeology of Al-Andalus.
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