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A History of Palestine, 634-1099

by: Gil, M.

Price: 85,00 EURO

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Category: Byzantium History
Code: 17700
ISBN-13: 9780521599849 / 978-0-521-59984-9
ISBN-10: 0521599849 / 0-521-59984-9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1997
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Paper
Pages: 994
Book Condition: New
Comments: 994 p. ; 23 cm. / Translated from the Hebrew / This translation originally published: 1992

This was the first comprehensive history of Palestine from the Muslim conquest in 634 to that of the Crusaders in 1099. It is a 1992 translation and revised version of volume I of Palestine During the First Muslim Period which was published in Hebrew in 1983 and presents an authoritative survey of the early mediaeval Islamic and Jewish worlds. Based on an impressive array of sources including documents from the Cairo Geniza collection, the author examines the lives of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities of Palestine against a background of the political and military events of the period. Specific attention is paid to the history of Palestinian Jews under Muslim rule. An essential resource for students and specialists of mediaeval Islamic and Jewish history, religious studies and for anyone interested in the history of the Holy Land.

Was the first comprehensive history of Palestine for this period by well-known author
Based on an impressive array of sources including the Geniza collection
Interdisciplinary appeal to history, Middle East and religious studies departments

Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Glossary of Hebrew and Arabic terms
Introduction
1. The conquest
2. Islam strikes roots
3. The local population and the Muslims
4. The economy
5. Palestine from the beginning of Abbasid rule to the Fatimids
6. The Fatimid conquest: the war of sixty years and other events during the eleventh century
7. The Christians
8. The Jewish population and its leadership
9. Karaites and Samaritans
10. The Crusaders' conquest and the fate of Palestinian Jewry
Chronology
Indexes.

 
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