In:
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Brill, Vol. 42, No. 3 ( 1999), p. 364-395
Abstract:
The financial and economic strengths of the early Islamic state have been a source of ongoing speculation, causing some scholars to even question medieval Makkah's economic reason to exist. This article explores the role of precious metals - gold and silver - in lending vitality to the economy of Western Arabia in the formative years of the Dar al-Islam . Combining primary source evidence with artifacts and qualitative and quantitative analysis of mining residuals, including carbon 14 dating, it produces evidence suggesting that such metals played a far more significant role in contemporary commerce and industry than has been heretofore generally acknowledged.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-4995
,
1568-5209
DOI:
10.1163/1568520991208626
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
1999
detail.hit.zdb_id:
218211-7
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2043811-4
SSG:
0
SSG:
6,21
SSG:
6,23
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