Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps ix
4. A Note to the Reader xi
5. Preface to First Edition xiii
6. Preface to Revised Edition xv
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Ancient North Africa and Its Expansive Civilizations 15
9. 2. Rome and North Africa 35
10. 3. Medieval North Africa 57
11. 4. The Almoravid and the Almohad Empires and Their Successor States 89
12. 5. Turkish Ascendance and Moroccan Independence 109
13. 6. European Colonialism in North Africa 141
14. 7. The Decolonization of North Africa 168
15. 8. Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa 193
16. 9. Post-Colonial and Contemporary North Africa. 215
17. Conclusion: The Peril and Promise of North Africa 247
18. Afterword: The North African Spring 253
19. Notes 279
20. Glossary 335
21. Bibliography 341
22. Index 373