Muslims And Chiefs In West Africa; A Study Of Islam In The Middle Volta Basin The Pre Colonial Period 图书pdf下载

尼希米亚·列维齐翁 是以色列研究非洲历史、近东、伊斯兰和非洲研究的学者，1987 年至 1992 年担任以色列开放大学校长，1994 年至 1997 年担任范利尔耶路撒冷研究所执行主任。 Levtzion 是一位研究非洲历史、近东、伊斯兰和非洲研究，尤其是非洲伊斯兰教的学者。他任教于（1965 年开始），曾任耶路撒冷希伯来大学历史和亚非研究教授和人文学院院长（1978-1981），本-兹维研究所所长东方犹太社区（1982-1987），以色列开放大学校长（1987-1992），范利尔耶路撒冷研究所执行主任（1994-1997），以及高等教育委员会主席以色列计划和预算委员会（1997-2003）。 Nehemia Levtzion 伊斯兰研究中心于 2004 年在耶路撒冷希伯来大学成立。

Muslims And Chiefs In West Africa; A Study Of Islam In The Middle Volta Basin The Pre Colonial Period 本书 pdf 阅读和下载 尼希米亚·列维齐翁

he Geographical Setting With in the great bend of the Niger the Volta river system drains an extensive area, covering most of the republics of Upper Volta and Ghana, as well as parts of Togo and the Ivory Coast. The vegetation of the Volta Basin changes gradually, from north to south, with the increase of rainfall and the lengthening of the wet season. In the upper reaches of the Volta Basin the Sahel gives way to the Sudan savannah, and a predominantly nomad population is replaced by agricultural communities. Cereal crops, mainly millet, form the staple food, and as the area is relatively free of the tsetse fly, cattle breeding is still important. The Upper Volta Basin, dominated by the two Mossi states of Yatenga and Wagadugu, is densely popu lated, reaching about 130 inhabitants per square mile.1 The density of this area, compared with that of the drier country to the north, goes some way to explain the important historical fact that the Mossi states blocked the expansion of the northern Sudanese empire.