ISBN:
9780192597830
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 360 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in Byzantium
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bessard, Fanny, 1981 - Caliphs and merchants
DDC:
307.760917671
Keywords:
700-950
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Handelsgeschichte
;
Stadtgeschichte
;
Mittlerer Osten
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Islamic cities and towns-Middle East
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Electronic books
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Mittlerer Osten
;
Islam
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Handel
;
Wirtschaft
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Geschichte 700-950
Abstract:
The foundation of the Muslim world from 700 to 950 was a seminal period in history, when the Near East enjoyed an age of political unity, prosperity, and cultural dominance. This volume offers new insights into the origins of the economic success of the early Islamic Caliphate, drawing instructive parallels within the contemporary Eurasian context.
Abstract:
Cover -- Series page -- Caliphs and Merchants: Cities and Economies of Power in the Near East (700-950) -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Transcription and Dates -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Historical Context -- 1. Conquests -- 2. Ideology -- 3. Agriculture -- 4. Trade -- Part I: Patronage and Power -- Chapter 2: A Stamp of Authority -- 1. A Caliphal Officium -- 2. Sowing and Reaping -- 3. Exercise and Assertion of Power -- Chapter 3: New Perspectives on Urban Economic Planning -- 1. Growth of Communal Working Areas in the Levant (700-50) -- 2. Process of Exclusion of Economic Clusters Under Early 'Abbāsid Rule -- 3. Rabaḍ in Central Asia -- 4. Isolation of Domesticity -- 4.1 Productive and public use to domestic shelter -- 4.2 An emphasis on intimacy -- Conclusion to Part I -- Part II: Revisiting the Legacies -- Chapter 4: Artisans to Producers -- 1. The Progression of Change -- 1.1 Persistence of Roman practices after 700 -- 1.2 Downfall of 'home' production after 800 -- 2. Approaches to Key Industries -- 2.1 Pottery -- 2.2 Glassmaking -- 2.3 Textile industry -- 3. Food Processing Industries -- 3.1 Oil and wine industries -- 3.2 Watermills -- Chapter 5: Reshaping Marketplaces -- 1. From the ergastērion to the Sūq -- 2. Covered MarketPlaces -- 2.1 Funduq -- 2.2 Dār, ẖān, and qaysāriyya -- Conclusion to Part II -- Part III: Institutional and Religious Generators -- Chapter 6: Money Supply and Currency -- 1. Out with the Old . . . -- 2. Coinage in Common -- 3. Balancing Supply and Demand -- Chapter 7: Islamifying the Economy -- 1. Commercial Rituals and Islamic Worship -- 2. Mosques and Measures -- 3. The Muḥtasib -- Conclusion to Part III -- Part IV: Economy and Social Changes -- Chapter 8: The Evolution of Labour Patterns.
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