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Almohad Movement in North Africa in the 12th and 13th Centuries
By (Author) Roger Le Tourneau
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of religion
961.022
Hardback
138
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
369g
This is an analysis of the powerful Islamic religious movement, initiated by Ibn Tmart among the Berber tribesmen of North Africa, which culminated in the creation of the huge Almohad empire in the twelfth century. Professor Le Tourneau presents his reflections on the place of the movement in history as well as on its influence in present-day Afri