02854oam 22006614a 450 991081374430332120211004152648.01-57506-538-X10.1515/9781575065380(CKB)2550000000039532(OCoLC)747412071(CaPaEBR)ebrary10483423(SSID)ssj0000644812(PQKBManifestationID)12328707(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644812(PQKBWorkID)10680222(PQKB)10566586(Au-PeEL)EBL3155575(CaPaEBR)ebr10483423(OCoLC)922991644(OCoLC)1055313830(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80901(MiAaPQ)EBC3155575(DE-B1597)584189(OCoLC)1266229590(DE-B1597)9781575065380(EXLCZ)99255000000003953220030523d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in PalestineWarsaw :Eisenbrauns, IncorporatedJan. 2004.©Jan. 2004.1 online resource (247 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-57506-070-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and indexes.AnnotationThere is a common perception that the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the seventh century C.E. caused a decline in the number and prosperity of settlements throughout the country. The role played by archaeology in perpetuating this view, claims Magness, is particularly insidious, because it is perceived, rightly or wrongly, as providing "scientific" (and therefore "objective") data. Thus, archaeological evidence is frequently cited by scholars as proof or confirmation that Palestine declined after the Muslim conquest, and especially after the rise of the Abbasids in the mid-eighth century. Instead, Magness argues that the archaeological evidence supports the idea that Palestine and Syria experienced a tremendous growth in population and prosperity between the mid-sixth and mid-seventh centuries.Social ScienceArchaeologyIsraelAntiquitiesExcavations (Archaeology)Middle EastNegev (Israel)AntiquitiesIsraelAntiquitiesElectronic books. Social ScienceArchaeology.IsraelAntiquities.Excavations (Archaeology)956.94/903Magness Jodi1616791MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910813744303321The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine4088385UNINA