Title The golden age of Islam / by Maurice Lombard ; translated by Joan Spencer

Published Amsterdam : North-Holland ; New York : American Elsevier, 1975

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Description x, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series North-Holland medieval translations ; v. 2 Contents Preface / Jane Hathaway Introduction -- PART I. THE TERRITORIES OF ISLAM: REGIONS AND NETWORKS: 1. The Isthmus region ; 2. The Iranian world ; 3. The Muslim West ; 4. The linguistic factor -- PART II. MONETARY POWER AND URBAN RHYTHMS: 5. Monetary problems ; 6. Urban expansion and consumer demand ; 7. Social movements and the organization of labour -- PART III. THE DYNAMICS OF TRADE: 8. Production and trading commodities ; 9. Commercial exchange in the Muslim World Conclusion -- Index Analysis Civilization, Islamic History Islamic Empire Islamic Empire Economic conditions Islamic civilization to 1100 Notes Includes index Translation of L'Islam dans sa première grandeur Subject Islamic civilization -- History. SUBJECT Islamic Empire http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068444 -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736 Islamic Empire. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068444 Author Spencer, Joan. LC no. 74083268 ISBN 0444107886 (American Elsevier) 0444108246 (American Elsevier)

Other Titles Islam dans sa première grandeur. English

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