On the African side of the Mediterranean, the end of the Saharan networks as commercial infrastructure has wounded the experience of nomadism to death, thus causing migrations and urbanisation, and asking to open up to new ways of living in the desert. A complete changeover occurred for the Maghrib, bringing its insular nature to an end. But yet, the new patterns of economic and cultural relations the Maghrib has adopted during the last two century of Mediterranean history are rarely taken into consideration, despite the epoch-making effects they have produced on its societies as well as on maritime and desert networks of the Mediterranean area.
A sea change in the Mediterranean Connections: The fall of Saharan networks (18th-20th c.)
Medici
2019
Abstract
On the African side of the Mediterranean, the end of the Saharan networks as commercial infrastructure has wounded the experience of nomadism to death, thus causing migrations and urbanisation, and asking to open up to new ways of living in the desert. A complete changeover occurred for the Maghrib, bringing its insular nature to an end. But yet, the new patterns of economic and cultural relations the Maghrib has adopted during the last two century of Mediterranean history are rarely taken into consideration, despite the epoch-making effects they have produced on its societies as well as on maritime and desert networks of the Mediterranean area.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
