African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa / Michael A. Gomez.
| Author/creator | Gomez, Michael A., 1955- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018] |
| Description | viii, 505 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Early Sahel and Savannah -- Prologue -- The Middle Niger in pre-antiquity and global context -- Early Gao -- The kingdoms of Ghana: Reform along the Senegal River -- Slavery and race imagined in Bilad as-Sudan -- Part II. Imperial Mali -- The meanings of Sunjata and the dawn of imperial Mali -- Mansa Musa and global Mali -- Intrigue, Islam, and Ibn Baṭṭuṭa -- Part III. Imperial Songhay -- Sunni 'Ali and the reinvention of Songhay -- The Sunni and the scholars: a tale of revenge -- Renaissance: the age of Askia al-Ḥajj Muḥammad -- Of clerics and concubines -- Part IV. Le dernier de l'empire -- Of fitnas and fratricide: The nadir of imperial Songhay -- Surfeit and stability: The era of Askia Dawud -- The rending asunder: Dominion's end -- Epilogue: A thousand years. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2017029692 |
| ISBN | 9780691177427 |
| ISBN | 0691177422 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DT476 .G66 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |