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The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine : an archaeological approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Avni, Gideon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Palestine.
Palestine > Church history.
Palestine > History > 70-638.
Palestine > History > 638-1917.
Islamic Empire > Relations > Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire > Relations > Islamic Empire.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: four eyewitness accounts versus 'arguments in stone'
  • 1. Shifting paradigms for the Byzantine-Islamic transition
  • 2. From polis to madina: the evolution of large urban communities
  • 3. A tale of two cities: Jerusalem and Ramla in the early Islamic period
  • 4. The changing land: settlement patterns and ethnic identities
  • 5. The transformation of settlement and society: a synthesis
  • 6. Conclusion.