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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810025203321

Autore

Amabe Fukuzo

Titolo

Urban Autonomy in Medieval Islam : Damascus, Aleppo, Cordoba, Toledo, Valencia and Tunis / / by Fukuzo Amabe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

90-04-31598-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Islamic History and Civilization, , 0929-2403 ; ; Volume 128

Disciplina

956/.014091732

Soggetti

Islamic Empire Historical geography

Islamic Empire Autonomous communities

Baghdad (Iraq) History

Damascus (Syria) History

Aleppo (Syria) History

Córdoba (Spain) History

Toledo (Spain) History

Valencia (Spain) History

Tunis (Tunisia) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.