Itinéraires et mutations urbaines dans le Mašriq islamique (Ier/VIIe-IIIe/IXe siècles)

In the 1st/7th and the early 2nd/8th centuries, the Arab-Muslim conquest united two immense territories, once separated by a shifting border joining the Black sea to the Persian Gulf. To the East, the Arab-Muslims dominated Central Asia and the long-held Asian empire of the Sassanids that reached as...

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Main Author: Bessard, Fanny (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:French
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Arabica
Year: 2017, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 184-212
Further subjects:B Commerce Commerce city ville Mašriq Mašriq Iraq Iraq Syria Syrie Palestine Palestine Umayyad Omeyyades Abbasids Abbassides barīd barīd ḥaǧǧ ḥaǧǧ amṣār amṣār ribāt ribāt Darb Zubayda Darb Zubayda nova traiana nova traiana strata diocletiana strata diocletiana
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Summary:In the 1st/7th and the early 2nd/8th centuries, the Arab-Muslim conquest united two immense territories, once separated by a shifting border joining the Black sea to the Persian Gulf. To the East, the Arab-Muslims dominated Central Asia and the long-held Asian empire of the Sassanids that reached as far as the Chinese and Indian borders. To the West, they controlled the southern part of the Eastern and Western Roman empires. In the 2nd/8th century, the area conquered thus formed a narrow belt of lands from the Atlantic to the Chinese borders and from Georgia to Yemen. The Middle East became a converging hub of merchants and commercial goods. The article aims to discuss the political and social mechanisms involved in redrawing the map of the routes in the Mašriq from the early Umayyads in 41/661 to the death of caliph al-Muktafī in 295/908. It investigates the impact the evolution of road networks had on settlement patterns and economic strategies.
ISSN:1570-0585
Contains:In: Arabica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700585-12341446