Urban Autonomy in Medieval Islam : : Damascus, Aleppo, Cordoba, Toledo, Valencia and Tunis / / by Fukuzo Amabe.

• Superior document: Islamic History and Civilization, Volume 128
• VerfasserIn: Amabe, Fukuzo,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 128.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In Urban Autonomy in Medieval Islam Fukuzo Amabe offers the first in-depth study on autonomous cities in medieval Islam stretching from Aleppo and Damascus to Cordoba, Toledo and Valencia through Tunis during the late tenth to early twelfth centuries. Each city is treated separately to cull facts to prove its autonomy at least for a certain period. The Middle East was the first region to develop cities and then empires in ancient times. Furthermore, the Islamic world was the first to transform ancient political or farmer cities to economic and industrial ones consisting of notables and plebeians, followed by China, then parts of Western Europe.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Ninth-to-Eleventh-Century Baghdad: An Early Abortive Example -- 2 Damascus during the Later Tenth Century -- 3 Aleppo during the Eleventh to Early Twelfth Centuries -- 4 Cordoba during the Early Decades of the Eleventh Century -- 5 Toledo during the Eleventh Century -- 6 Valencia during the Later Eleventh Century -- 7 Tunis during the Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.