Damascus after the Muslim conquest : text and image in early Islam / Nancy Khalek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalek, Nancy A., 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Damascus (Syria)--History.

Damascus (Syria).

Syria--History--634-750.

Syria.

Syria--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nancy Khalek demonstrates that the changes that took place in Damascus after the Muslim conquest were not a matter of the replacement of one civilization by another as a result of military conquest, but rather of shifting relationships and practices in a multi-faceted social and cultural setting.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Dates and Abbreviations; 1. Narrative and Early Islamic History; 2. Telling Stories: Historical Texts in Early Islamic Syria; 3. Icons: John the Baptist and Sanctified Spaces in Early Islamic Syria; 4. Iconic Texts: Damascus in the Medieval Imagination; Afterword; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-045374-5

9786613352866

1-283-35286-9

0-19-987619-3

OCLC:

922970775