Iraq After The Muslim Conquest

Morony compares conditions in late Sasanian and early Islamic Iraq in the seventh century AD and depicts both the emergence of a local form of Islamic society, and the interaction of Muslim conquerors from Arabia with the native population.

Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC

Availability: In stock

SKU (ISBN): 1-59333-315-3

Formats *

Publication Status: In Print

Publication Date: Mar 8,2006

Interior Color: Black

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 732

Language: English

ISBN: 1-59333-315-3

$262.00

Qty:

Historians identify the Muslim conquest of the various ancient lands around the Fertile Crescent as the watershed between ancient and medieval civilization in that region. When so doing, maintains Michael Morony, they have underestimated the extent to which ancient civilization continued to develop. Contributing to our understanding of the nature of historical continuity and change, Professor Morony compares conditions in late Sasanian and early Islamic Iraq in the seventh century A.D., and depicts both the emergence of a local form of Islamic society and the interaction of Muslim conquerors from Arabia with the native population.

"An important new interpretation. Morony is the first to use the total array of sources available, and this gives him an immensely wider viewpoint than that of Islamic historians who focus entirely on Arabic."--Richard Bulliet, Columbia University

Overview
Reviews
Contact Us
About the Author
Table Of Contents

Your name *

Your email *

Subject: *

Enquiry *

	Contributor
	Michael Morony

List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Question of Continuity
Part I: Administration
1. Aramaeans
2. Taxes
3. Adminstrative Geography
Part II: People
4. Aramaeans
5. Persians
6. Arabs: Natives
7. Arabs: Immigrants
8. Arabs: Assimilation and Social Change
9. Other Ethnic Groups
Part III: Religious Communities
10. Magi
11. Jews
12. Christians
13. Pagans and Gnostics
Muslims: The Formation of the Community
Muslims: Doctrines of Authority and Rebellion
Conclusion: The Nature of Continuity
Glossary
Resources
Index

Customers who bought this item also bought

Altuigurische Texte der Kirche des Ostens aus Zentralasien

Old Uigur texts of the Church of the East from Central Asia

By Peter Zieme

Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 41

ISBN: 978-1-4632-0551-5

The book presents a full documentation of the Old Uigur texts of the Church of the East known from several places of Central Asia, mainly Bulayık and Kurutka in the Turfan oasis, as well as Xaraxoto, from the 10th to 14th century.

$164.00

The Syrian Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Period and Beyond

Crisis then Revival

By Khalid S. Dinno

Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 43

ISBN: 978-1-4632-0575-1

The book addresses the history of Syrian Orthodoxy during a critical juncture of its history that spans the late Ottoman period and treads well beyond to witness remarkable revival, indeed renaissance. The work uniquely utilizes over 6000 uncatalogued and unpublished archival documents that were made available for it.

$85.00