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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Main Author: Khalek, Nancy A. 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Oxford Oxford University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Damascus / Islamization / Historiography / Art / History 661-750
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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.
ISBN:0199918619
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736515.001.0001