Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam
Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam, the supposition that Mecca was a trading center thriving on the export of aromatic spices to the Mediterranean. Pointing out that the conventional opinion is based on classical accounts of the trade between south Arabia and the Mediterranean some 600 years earlier than the age of Muhammad, Dr. Crone argues that the land route described in these records was short-lived and that the Muslim sources make no mention of such goods. In addition to changing our view of the role of trade, the author reexamines the evidence for the reli…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4632-4172-8
- EAN: 9781463241728
- Produktnummer: 33876230
- Verlag: Gorgias Press Llc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 310 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.6 cm 452 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 452
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