The Berbers

Michael Brett is Lecturer in African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. Elizabeth Fentress was formerly a Consultant Archaeologist for UNESCO and has excavated extensively in North Africa. She is currently Mellon Professor of the American Academy in Rome.

List of Plates x

List of Figures xii

List of Maps xiv

Series Editors' Preface xv

Preface xvii

Introduction 1

1. Berbers in Antiquity 10

2. The Empire and the Other: Romans and Berbers 50

3. The Unification of North Africa by Islam 81

4. The Arabization of North Africa 120

5. The Wheel of State 154

6. Pastoral Berbers: Nomads, Slaves and Saints 200

7. The Society and its Habitat 231

8. Berbers and Berberism 271

Notes 283

Bibliography 319

Index 340