Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Volume 2, Part 2 (Dumbarton Oaks) - Hardcover
This fourth and final installment in Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century resumes the previous volume’s discussion of the Ghassanids by examining their economic, social, and cultural history. First, Irfan Shahîd focuses on the economy of the Ghassanids and presents information on various trade routes and fairs. Second, the author reconstructs Ghassanid daily life by discussing topics as varied as music, food, medicine, the role of women, and horse racing. Shahîd concludes the volume with an examination of cultural life, including descriptions of urbanization, Arabic script, chivalry, and poetry. Throughout the volume, the author reveals the history of a fully developed and unique Christian-Arab culture. Shahîd exhaustively describes the society of the Ghassanids, and their contributions to the cultural environment that persisted in Oriens during the sixth century and continued into the period of the Umayyad caliphate.
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About the Author:
Irfan Shahîd is Oman Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Islamic Literature at Georgetown University.
Review:
Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century is devoted to frontier studies and to the structures of the Arab federates of Byzantium. It deals mainly with the Ghassanids of Oriens in the sixth century, a time of transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. The focus of this study is on the military, religious, and civil structures of the Ghassanids. The detailed study of these buildings contributes to our understanding of Byzantine provincial art and architecture in Oriens, as they were adopted by the federate Arabs and later adapted to their own use. As monuments of Christian architecture, these federate structures constitute the missing link in the development of Arab architecture in the region-the link between the earlier pagan (Nabataean and Palmyrene) and later Muslim (Umayyad).
of Arab architecture in the region-the link between the earlier pagan (Nabataean and Palmyrene) and later Muslim (Umayyad).
of Arab architecture in the region-the link between the earlier pagan (Nabataean and Palmyrene) and later Muslim (Umayyad).
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- PublisherDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0884023478
- ISBN 13 9780884023470
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages480
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