Isbn: 9781560005810 - the golden age of the moor (journal of african civilizations, vol 11, fall 1991) (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 474 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 474 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 1992. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work examines the debt owed by Europe to the Moors for the Renaissance and the significant role played by the African in the Muslim invasions of the Iberian peninsula. While it focuses mainly on Spain and Portugal, it also examines the races and roots of the original North African before the later ethnic mix of the blackamoors and tawny Moors in the medieval period. The study ranges from the Moor in the literature of Cervantes and Shakespeare to his profound influence upon Europe's university system and the diffusion via this system of the ancient and medieval sciences. The Moors are shown to affect not only European mathematics and map-making, agriculture and architecture, but their markets, their music and their machines. The ethnicity of the Moor is re-examined, as is his unique contribution, both as creator and conduit, to the first seminal phase of the industrial revolution.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. Wear to covers, including creases and bumps. Foxing to pages along edges, soiling to inside front cover and title page. Binding tight. Some pages have marks and/or underlining, text still legible.

Trade paperback. Trade paperback (US). 474 p. Contains: Illustrations. Journal of African Civilizations, 11. Audience: General/trade. Very good. Wear to cover and edges Text appears unmarked.