Early Islamic Syria : an archaeological assessment /
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"This 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 forconsiderable 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."--Jacket.
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176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-170) and index
The Seleukid royal economy : the finances and financial administration of the Seleukid empire /
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This book examines the royal economy of the Seleukid Empire, the principal successor-state to the empire of Alexander the Greek. This wide-ranging economic study shows how rulers exploited resources to finance their administrations. Adopting a highly original numerical approach, the book presents a quantified model of the Seleukid royal economy.
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xv, 361 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9780521837071
Armées et combats en Syrie de 491/1098 à 569/1174 : analyse comparée des chroniques médiévales latines et arabes /
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Revised version of author's doctoral dissertation, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2005. :
1000 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [911]-968) and index. :
9782351590256
2351590252