9780715635704-0715635700-Early Islamic Syria (Debates in Archaeology)

Early Islamic Syria (Debates in Archaeology)

ISBN-13: 9780715635704
ISBN-10: 0715635700
Author: Alan Walmsley
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Format: Paperback 176 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780715635704
ISBN-10: 0715635700
Author: Alan Walmsley
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Format: Paperback 176 pages

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Early Islamic Syria (Debates in Archaeology) (ISBN-13: 9780715635704 and ISBN-10: 0715635700), written by authors Alan Walmsley, was published by Bristol Classical Press in 2007. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other African History (Asian History, Reference, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Syria, Middle East History, World History, History, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Social Sciences, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Early Islamic Syria (Debates in Archaeology) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used African History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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After more than a century of neglect, a profound revolution is occurring in the way archaeology addresses and interprets developments in the social history of early Islamic Syria-Palestine. This concise book offers an innovative assessment of social and economic developments in Syria-Palestine shortly before, and in the two centuries after, the Islamic expansion (the later sixth to the early ninth century Ad), drawing on a wide range of new evidence from recent archaeological work. Alan Walmsley challenges conventional explanations for social change with the arrival of Islam, arguing for considerable cultural and economic continuity rather than devastation and unrelenting decline. Much new, and increasingly non-elite, architectural evidence and an ever-growing corpus of material culture indicate that Syria-Palestine entered a new age of social richness in the early Islamic period, even if the gains were chronologically and regionally uneven.

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