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Land and trade in early Islam : the economy of the Islamic Middle East 750-1050 CE / edited by Hugh Kennedy and Fanny Bessard

Part I: Economic Exceptionalism in Early Islam: Myth or Reality? -- The Late Antique and Byzantine Context to early Islamic Mercantile Activity / Peter Sarris -- An Islamic Agricultural Revolution / ...
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Major new archaeological excavations to trace early Islamic history in Saudi Arabia

Major new work by an international team of archaeologists will shed new light on early Islamic history in Saudi Arabia. Experts will investigate previously neglected sites along the Hejaz Hajj Route ...
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Zoroastrians in early Islamic history accommodation and memory Andrew D. Magnusson

Introduction: Zoroastrianism, Islam and Accommodation -- 1 Myth and Countermyth in Zoroastrian Historiography -- 2 Umar's Dilemma: The Taxation of People Without a Book -- 3 Marriage, Meat and the ...
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1,300 years of Islamic history at one site: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Othman bin Affan Mosque in Jeddah

Tucked between narrow medieval lanes in historic Jeddah, the Othman bin Affan Mosque is offering a rare, layered look into the city’s past. Fresh excavations at the site have uncovered more than 1,300 ...