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Titolo |
Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib : writing in times of turmoil / / edited by Nicola Carpentieri and Carol Symes [[electronic resource]] |
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Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, 2020 |
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1 online resource (178 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Multilingualism and literature |
Sicily (Italy) Literatures History and criticism |
Iberian Peninsula Literatures History and criticism |
North African literature History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Indiculus luminosus and the Creation of a Ninth-Century Prophetic Conflict between Christianity and Islam -- Empire and Caliphate in the Life of John of Gorze -- The Writing of Munāẓarāt in Times of Turmoil: Disputations in Fatimid Ifrīqiya -- Messaging and Memory: Notes from Medieval Ifrīqiya and Sicily -- "And God Dispersed Their Unity": Historiographical Patterns in Recounting the End of Muslim Rule in Sicily and al-Andalus -- A Wondrous Past, a Dangerous Present: The Egyptian Temple of Akhmīm and the Martorana Church in Palermo, as Seen through Ibn Jubayr's Travelogue -- How Does a Moorish Prince Become a Roman Caesar? Fictions and Forgeries, Emperors and Others from the Spanish "Flores" Romances to the Lead Books of Granada -- Index |
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This book explores a millennium of literary exchanges among the peoples of the Maghrib, or westernmost strongholds of medieval Islam. In the seventh century, Muslim expansion into the western Mediterranean initiated a new phase in the layering of heterogeneous peoples and languages in this contact zone: Arabs and Berbers, Christians and Jews, Sunnī and Shīʿa Muslims, Greeks and Latins all |
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helped shape identities, hybrid genealogies of knowledge, and political alliances. These essays excavate the literary artefacts produced in these times of turmoil, offering new perspectives on the intellectual networks and traditions that proved instrumental in overcoming the often traumatic transitions among political and/or religious regimes. |
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UNINA9910789265703321 |
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Autore |
Estes Richard |
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Titolo |
The gnu's world : Serengeti wildebeest ecology and life history / / Richard D. Estes |
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Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Gnus - Tanzania - Serengeti Plain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Author's Fifty-Year History of Wildebeest Research -- 1. Africa: The Real Home Where Antelopes Roam -- 2. African Savannas: Understanding the Tropical Climate, Vegetation, and the Gnu's Ecological Niche -- 3. Introducing the Wildebeest's Tribe: Similarities and Differences among the Four Genera and Seven Species -- 4. The Four Wildebeest Subspecies and the Status of Migratory Populations -- 5. Increase and Protection of the Serengeti Wildebeest Population -- 6. Serengeti Grasslands and the Wildebeest Migration -- 7. Social Organization: Comparison of Migratory and Resident Populations -- 8. Male and Female Life Histories -- 9. Cooperation and Competition among Twenty-Seven Ungulates That Coexist with the Wildebeest -- 10. The Amazing Migration and Rut of the Serengeti Wildebeest -- 11. The Calving Season: Birth and Survival in Small Herds and on Calving Grounds -- 12. Serengeti Shall Not Die? Africa's Most Iconic World |
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Heritage Site under Siege -- Bibliography -- Index |
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This is the first scholarly book on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa. It presents a synthesis of research conducted over a span of fifty years, mainly on the wildebeest in the Ngorongoro and Serengeti ecosystems, where eighty percent of the world's wildebeest population lives. Wildebeest and other grazing mammals drive the ecology and evolution of the savanna ecosystem. Richard D. Estes describes this process and also details the wildebeest's life history, focusing on its social organization and unique reproductive system, which are adapted to the animal's epic annual migrations. He also examines conservation issues that affect wildebeest, including range-wide population declines. |
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