Books by Michael Gomez
Michael A. Gomez is Silver Professor of History and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at New York University, and the director of NYU’s newly-established Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD). His most recent book, African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa (Princeton University Press, 2018), is a comprehensive study of polity and religion during the region’s iconic moment, and was awarded the 2019 African Studies Association’s Book Prize (formerly the Herskovits Book Award), and the 2019 American Historical Association’s Martin A. Klein Prize in African History.
“I have to say it is quite an opaque book to read. He doesn’t have the easiest writing style, but the material he presents is immensely appealing” Read more...
The best books on The Middle Ages
Hannah Skoda, Historian
Interviews with Michael Gomez
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Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century
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Ancient Ghana and Mali
by Nehemiah Levtzion -
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Social History of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Scholars and Notables 1400-1900
by Elias Saad -
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Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples
by David C. Conrad -
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Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'di's Ta'rikh Al-Sudan down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents
by John Hunwick
The best books on The Ghana, Mali and Songhai African Empires, recommended by Michael Gomez
The best books on The Ghana, Mali and Songhai African Empires, recommended by Michael Gomez
Long before the Europeans arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries, sub-Saharan West Africa saw the emergence of a series of African empires that lasted for centuries and stretched over vast swathes of the continent. They were known as the Ghana, Mali and Songhai Empires. Here, historian Michael Gomez discusses what led to their greatness, what sustained them and why they fell.
Interviews where books by Michael Gomez were recommended
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Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800
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African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa
by Michael Gomez -
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The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo & Rustichello da Pisa -
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Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324
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Medieval Market Morality: Life, Law and Ethics in the English Marketplace, 1200-1500
by James Davis
The best books on The Middle Ages, recommended by Hannah Skoda
The best books on The Middle Ages, recommended by Hannah Skoda
Oxford medieval historian Hannah Skoda chooses her top five books on the Middle Ages, explaining why she finds the whole idea of their ‘middleness’ problematic and how a more global approach tends to shatter many long-held assumptions about the period.
