Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS III
3. Map: The Near West – Medieval North Africa and Europe IV
4. Personal Note and Acknowledgments VI
5. Introduction: North Africa and the Mediterranean Paradox 1
6. 1 Bèjaïa: Introducing North Africa, Latin Europe and the Mediterranean 13
7. 2 Rome: North Africa and the Papacy 58
8. 3 Tunis: Axis of the Middle ea 86
9. 4 Marrakech: The Founding of a City 119
10. 5 The Almohads: Empire of the Western Mediterranean 145
11. 6 Between City and Countryside: Ibn Khaldun and the Fourteenth Century 194
12. 7 Conclusions: A Second Axial Age 209
13. Notes 226
14. Bibliography 261
15. Index 283