UID:
almafu_9961864699202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (402 pages)
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-3995-2740-1
,
1-3995-2739-8
Serie:
The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires Series
Inhalt:
Explores the distinctive character of the Umayyad empire in its early Islamic context: its economy, society and political history.
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Box Text -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Dates, Transliteration and Names -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I The Formation of the Umayyad Empire -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins of Arabian Empire -- 2 The Seventh-century 'World Crisis' -- 3 The 'Conquest Society' and the Defeat of Rome and Iran -- 4 The Emergence of the Umayyad Empire -- 5 The Succession to Mu'awiya and the Second Civil War -- Part II The Marwanid Umayyad Empire, 692-750 -- Introduction -- 6 The Imperial Marwanid Caliphate -- 7 The Siege of Constantinople and the Short Caliphates of Sulayman, 'Umar II and Yazid II -- 8 Hisham b. 'Abd al-Malik: Renewal and Defeat -- 9 The Collapse of Umayyad Power -- Part III Ecology, Economy and Society in Umayyad Times -- Introduction -- 10 Resources, Settlement Patterns and Commerce -- 11 Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews and Others in the Umayyad Empire -- 12 The Provinces, Government and Taxation -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-7486-4301-X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-7486-4300-1
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781399527392
