The Islamization of the Holy Land, 634–1800 / / Michael Ehrlich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Ehrlich, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Islamicate World
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)

From the seventh century onwards the population of the Near East gradually became Muslim. Nevertheless, other religious communities continued to exist, maintaining an enduring presence in the region, despite being surrounded by Muslims and by people becoming Muslims. This book argues that the causes that led to the conversion of most of the Holy Land's population, as well as the survival of some religious communities, are essentially social and geographic in nature, rather than theological, and that two parallel processes were the main catalysts of Islamization: de-urbanization and urbanization.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2. COASTAL PLAIN -- Chapter 3. GALILEE -- Chapter 4. SAMARIA -- Chapter 5. JUDEA AND JERUSALEM -- Chapter 6. NEGEV -- Chapter 7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX