Die Renaissance der Städte in Nordsyrien und Nordmesopotamien. Städtische Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in ar-Raqqa und Harran von der Zeit der beduinischen Vorherrschaft bis zu den SeldschukenIslamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts 40Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9C6VRQRB/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.StefanHeidemannDie Renaissance der Städte in Nordsyrien und Nordmesopotamien. Städtische Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in ar-Raqqa und Harran von der Zeit der beduinischen Vorherrschaft bis zu den Seldschukenhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9C6VRQRBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/9C6VRQRBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/9C6VRQRBLeidenBrill2002Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts 40The period between 950 and 1150 A.D.
is regarded as "turning point in the history of the Islamic Culture"
from the Early Islamic to the Late Medieval civilization. What led to the urban
decline in between and the later recovery? Harran and al-Raqqa serve as
paradigma for the development in Northern Syria and Northern
Mesopotamia.
The collapse of the Abbasid state left the region cornered
between Buyids, Fatimids and Byzantines to the nomadic tribes not acquainted
with urban culture. After 1086 A.D., measures undertaken by the Seljuqs in order
to safeguard their hegemony led to a renaissance of cities inspite of permanent
power struggles and the crusades. They based their rule on fortified places. The
financing of the army led to the distribution of land as fiefs (<i>iqta<sup>c</sup></i>) and subsequently to a dislodgement
of nomads and a recultivation of former agricultural land. Cash money for the
treasury was generated by skimming long distance trade; this in turn required
public security on the roads. An analysis of the monetary circulation according
to archaeological and literal evidence serves as measure for the economic
recovery. A corpus of the coin production in al-Raqqa, Harran and
al-Ruha'/Edessa supplements the textual sources.
Heidemann, Stefan. Die Renaissance Der Städte in Nordsyrien Und Nordmesopotamien. Städtische Entwicklung Und Wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in Ar-Raqqa Und Harran von Der Zeit Der Beduinischen Vorherrschaft Bis Zu Den Seldschuken. Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts 40. Leiden: Brill, 2002.
Stefan Heidemann, Die Renaissance Der Städte in Nordsyrien Und Nordmesopotamien. Städtische Entwicklung Und Wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in Ar-Raqqa Und Harran von Der Zeit Der Beduinischen Vorherrschaft Bis Zu Den Seldschuken, Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts 40 (Leiden: Brill, 2002).CallinicumEdessaHarranX CEXI CEXII CEeconomicsnomads