The archaeology of medieval Islamic frontiers from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea / edited by A. Asa Eger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Eger, A. Asa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands.

Boundaries.

Antiquities.

Islamic Empire--Antiquities.

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--Boundaries.

Borderlands--Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2019]

Summary:

"Different areas of the Islamic polity previously understood as "minor frontiers" were in fact of substantial importance to ancient state formation. Exploring different concepts of "border" in areas whose importance previously went unrecognized, including Maghreb, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Nubia, and the Caucasus through archaeological and documentary evidence"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The archaeology of medieval Islamic frontiers : an introduction / Asa Eger

The western frontiers : the Maghrib and Mediterranean Sea

Ibadi boundaries and defense in the Jabal Nafūsah (Libya) / Anthony J. Lauricella

Guarding a well-ordered space on a Mediterranean island / Renata Holod and Tarek Kahlaoui

Conceptualizing the Islamic-Byzantine maritime frontier / Ian Randall

The southern frontiers : Egypt and Nubia

Monetization across the Nubian border : a hypothetical model / Giovanni R. Ruffini

The land of ?ar?' and some new thoughts on its location / Jana Eger

The Eastern frontiers : the Caucasus and Central Asia

Overlapping social and political boundaries : borders of the Sasanian Empire and the Muslim Caliphate in the Caucasus / Karim Alizadeh

Buddhism on the shores of the Black Sea : the North Caucasus frontier between the Muslims, Byzantines, and the Khazars / Tasha Vorderstrasse

Making worlds at the edge of everywhere : politics of place in late medieval Armenia / Kathryn J. Franklin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781607328780

160732878X

OCLC:

1083178412