Money, Power and Politics in Early Islamic Syria : A Review of Current Debates (Hardcover)

Introduction Greater Syria in the Seventh Century: Context and Background, John Haldon; Chapter 1 Coinage and the Economy of Syria-Palestine in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries CE, Alan Walmsley; Chapter 2 Christian Communities in Early Islamic Syria and Northern Jazira: the Dynamics of Adaptation, R. Stephen Humphreys; Chapter 3 Administering the Early Islamic Empire: Insights from the Papyri, Arietta Papaconstantinou; Chapter 4 Mu‘?w?ya’s State, Clive Foss; Chapter 5 First Century Islamic Currency: Mastering the Message from the Money, Gene W. Heck; Chapter 6 ‘Abd al-Malik’s Monetary Reform in Copper and the Failure of Centralization, Lutz Ilisch; Chapter 7 Early Islamic Urbanism and Building Activity in Jerusalem and at Hammath Gader, Jodi Magness; Chapter 8 Late Antique Legacies and Muslim Economic Expansion, Jairus Banaji; Chapter 9 Syrian Elites from Byzantium to Islam: Survival or Extinction?, Hugh Kennedy;