Using recent archaeological findings, Avni addresses the transformation of local societies in Palestine and Jordan between the sixth and eleventh centuries AD, arguing that the Byzantine-Islamic transition was a much slower and gradual process than previously thought.
The Byzantine-Islamic Transition in Palestine: An Archaeological Approach
โ Scribed by Gideon Avni
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 220
- Series
- Oxford studies in Byzantium
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Subjects
byzantium, islam, mediterranean, late antiquity
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Using recent archaeological findings, Avni addresses the transformation of local societies in Palestine and Jordan between the sixth and eleventh centuries AD, arguing that the Byzantine-Islamic transition was a much slower and gradual process than previously thought.
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