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Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest
Anna Leone
出版Edipuglia srl, 2007
主題Architecture / History / GeneralHistory / Africa / General
ISBN88722849889788872284988
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qO7mlDvtuZ0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"This book examines the complex transition of North Africa from the Late Roman period to the Arab conquest, focusing on three provinces: Zeugitana, Byzacena and Tripolitana. In particular, it considers the continuity and transformation of towns, as a result of economic, political and social changes. The period sees the wide diffusion of Christianity, the imposition of Vandal rule and Arianism, the presence of a new Empire and the Arab/Muslim takeover. It is also a period of archaeological and material transition: physically towns changed and classical structures, in particular, decayed and were reused. The evidence considered here encompasses a wide range of material, including publications from 1800 (Italian and French colonial excavations) to modern times. These data form the basis for a detailed review of archaeological evidence in this geographical area and for the analysis of the processes of evolution that characterised North African cities"--