September 2016 Academic & Specialist Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires

The Almoravid and Almohad Empires Amira K. Bennison

Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires

The Almoravid and Almohad Empires
Amira K. Bennison


A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa whose rule fostered the emergence of the Islamic society which endured, in Morocco especially, until the early 20th century. Amira K. Bennison focuses on these dynasties from a positive perspective, placing them in their proper context of medieval Mediterranean and Islamic history.