Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle)
In much of Western historiography, the Sahara was misconstrued as a foreign, distant and out of range world to the Andalusian who lived in the Umayyad era (2nd/8th- 5th/11th centuries). However, data collection from a variety of sources provides new insights into that history. As it turns out, on th...
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| description | In much of Western historiography, the Sahara was misconstrued as a foreign, distant and out of range world to the Andalusian who lived in the Umayyad era (2nd/8th- 5th/11th centuries). However, data collection from a variety of sources provides new insights into that history. As it turns out, on the eve of the fitna of the 5th/11th century, political actors, especially representatives of the Umayyad Caliphate, considered the Sahara as the backyard of an imperial space articulated around a number of Saharan trading centres, including Sijilmāsa. Research to date has tended to focus on trade in gold to the exclusion of diverse other commodities. From a more global perspective, Trans-Saharan traffic fulfilled a more central function, namely the connection of economic spaces on a larger scale, including al-Andalus, the Maghrib, the Sahel and tropical Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c14d515b73b4171a9180216c2b9a83e2025-01-09T13:23:20ZengUniversité de ProvenceRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée0997-13272105-22712021-09-0114910112010.4000/remmm.15749Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle)Aurélien MontelIn much of Western historiography, the Sahara was misconstrued as a foreign, distant and out of range world to the Andalusian who lived in the Umayyad era (2nd/8th- 5th/11th centuries). However, data collection from a variety of sources provides new insights into that history. As it turns out, on the eve of the fitna of the 5th/11th century, political actors, especially representatives of the Umayyad Caliphate, considered the Sahara as the backyard of an imperial space articulated around a number of Saharan trading centres, including Sijilmāsa. Research to date has tended to focus on trade in gold to the exclusion of diverse other commodities. From a more global perspective, Trans-Saharan traffic fulfilled a more central function, namely the connection of economic spaces on a larger scale, including al-Andalus, the Maghrib, the Sahel and tropical Africa.https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/15749Al-Andalusbilād al-SūdānUmayyads of al-AndalusTrans-Saharan tradeSudanese gold |
| spellingShingle | Aurélien Montel Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle) Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée Al-Andalus bilād al-Sūdān Umayyads of al-Andalus Trans-Saharan trade Sudanese gold |
| title | Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle) |
| title_full | Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle) |
| title_fullStr | Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle) |
| title_short | Perspectives andalouses sur le Sahara (iie/viiie-ve/xie siècle) |
| title_sort | perspectives andalouses sur le sahara iie viiie ve xie siecle |
| topic | Al-Andalus bilād al-Sūdān Umayyads of al-Andalus Trans-Saharan trade Sudanese gold |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/15749 |
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