Open AccessContemporary Historiography on the Beginnings of Islam in North Africa
Author(s) -
Anis Mkacher,
Mohamed Benabbès
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de historiografía
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2445-0057
pISSN - 1885-2718
DOI - 10.20318/revhisto.2021.6565
Subject(s) - historiography , scholarship , islam , conquest , extant taxon , period (music) , history , order (exchange) , ancient history , genealogy , political science , philosophy , archaeology , law , aesthetics , finance , evolutionary biology , biology , economics
The 7th century CE was a turning point in the evolution of North Africa, with the Arab-Muslim conquest ushering in a period of decisive change. This study seeks to develop a grid for reading the contemporary historiography on this period. We begin by focusing on the origins of studies of the topic and then turn to a división between Western and Arab authors, in order to provide a sense of the geographical specificities of the extant scholarship. In doing so, we are able to see how the Arab conquest and the arrival of Islam in the region have been represented, and then observe the gradual development of the scholarship on this period into a fully-fledged field of historical studies.