Empire and Elites After the Muslim Conquest : the Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia.
Chase Robinson's book takes account of the latest research in early Islamic history, interweaving history and historiography to interpret the political, social, and economic transformations in the Mesopotamian region after the Islamic conquests. This is a sophisticated study at the cutting-edge...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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Colección: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Note on dates and citations; Map: The Fertile Crescent in the early Abbasid period; 1: Conquest history and its uses; 2: The seventh-century Jazira; 3: From garrison to city: The birth of Mosul; 4: Christian élites in the Mosuli hinterland: The Shaharija; 5: Islam in the north: Jaziran Kharijism; 6: Massacre and narrative: The Abbasid Revolution in Mosul I; 7: Massacre and élite politics: The Abbasid Revolution in Mosul II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Other titles in the series.