Damascus after the Muslim conquest: text and image in early Islam
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.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Damascus
/ Islamization
/ Historiography
/ Art
/ History 661-750
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| Further subjects: | B
Damascus (Syria)
History
B Syria Civilization B Syria History 634-750 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Publisher) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 204 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-991861-4 0-19-991861-9 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736515.001.0001 |
