The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine : an archaeological approach

1. Verfasser: Avni, Gideon.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Ausgabe: 1st ed.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 424 p. : ill., maps, plans.
Schriftenreihe: Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Oströmisches Reich
Parallelausgabe: The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine : an archaeological approach. [Print]
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Available online (Oxford Scholarship Online)
Publisher description
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.