A Cosmopolitan City : Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo /

A Cosmopolitan City : Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo /

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Corporate Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Epigraphic Survey

Other Authors: Lowry, Kevin Bryce., Ressman, Anna R., Vorderstrasse, Tasha.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago : The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago, 2015.

Series: Oriental Institute Museum publications ; 38.

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University of Chicago. > Oriental Institute > Exhibitions.
University of Chicago. > Oriental Institute.
Cairo (Egypt) > History > Exhibitions.
Fusṭāṭ (Cairo, Egypt) > Antiquities > Exhibitions.
Fusṭāṭ (Cairo, Egypt) > Social conditions > Exhibitions.

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Call Number: DT145 .U65 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Reconstructing Everyday Life at Fustat. Tasha Vorderstrasse and Tanya Treptow
  • 1. The Muslim Community of Fustat. Jonathan M. Bloom
  • 2. The Oriental Institute Genizah Documents: A Glimpse of Jewish Life in Medieval Cairo. Michael G. Wechsler and Tasha Vorderstrasse
  • 3. Christians of Fustat in the First Three Centuries of Islam: The Making of a New Society. Audrey Dridi
  • 4. Fustat and Its Governor: Administering the Province. Arietta Papaconstantinou
  • 5. Industries, Manufacturing, and Labor. Maya Schatzmiller
  • 6. Linguistic Diversity at Fustat. Tasha Vorderstrasse 7. Childhood at Fustat: Archaeological and Textual Sources. Tasha Vorderstrasse
  • 8. From Fustat to Palestine: Identifying Fatimid Jewelry Using the Genizah Documents from the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Ayala Lester
  • 9. Fustat: The Town, Its Inhabitants, Their Food. Paulina Lewicka
  • 10. Observations on Antiquities in Later Contexts. Vanessa Davies
  • 11. Fustat to Cairo: An Essay on “Old Cairo.” Donald Whitcomb
  • 12. A History of Excavations at Fustat. Tanya Treptow