Urban autonomy in medieval Islam : Damascus, Aleppo, Cordoba, Toledo, Valencia and Tunis / by Fukuzo Amabe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amabe, Fukuzo, author.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; volume 128.

Islamic history and civilization ; volume 128

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish autonomous communities.

Historical geography.

Islamic Empire--Historical geography.

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--Autonomous communities.

Baghdad (Iraq)--History.

Baghdad (Iraq).

Damascus (Syria)--History.

Damascus (Syria).

Aleppo (Syria)--History.

Aleppo (Syria).

Córdoba (Spain)--History.

Córdoba (Spain).

Toledo (Spain)--History.

Toledo (Spain).

Valencia (Spain)--History.

Valencia (Spain).

Tunis (Tunisia)--History.

Tunis (Tunisia).

Physical Description:

ix, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

In Urban Autonomy in Medieval Islam Fukuzo Amabe offers the first in-depth study on autonomous cities in medieval Islam stretching from Aleppo and Damascus to Cordoba, Toledo and Valencia through Tunis during the late tenth to early twelfth centuries. Each city is treated separately to cull facts to prove its autonomy at least for a certain period. The Middle East was the first region to develop cities and then empires in ancient times. Furthermore, the Islamic world was the first to transform ancient political or farmer cities to economic and industrial ones consisting of notables and plebeians, followed by China, then parts of Western Europe. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Ninth-to-eleventh-century Baghdad: an early abortive example

2. Damascus during the later tenth century

3. Aleppo during the eleventh to early twelfth centuries

4. Cordoba during the early decades of the eleventh century

5. Toledo during the eleventh century

6. Valencia during the later eleventh century

7. Tunis during the eleventh to twelfth centuries

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Amabe, Fukuzo, author. Urban autonomy in medieval Islam.

ISBN:

9789004310261

9004310266

OCLC:

934238994