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Islamic urbanism in human history : political power and social networks
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ISBN: 1136169598 0203038924 1283839296 1136169520 Year: 1997 Publisher: London ; New York : New York : Kegan Paul International ; Distributed by Columbia University Press,

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Abstract

Islamic cultures in the Middle East have inherited and developed a legacy of urbanism spanning millennia to the ancient civilizations of the region. In contrast to well-organized states like China in history, Muslim peoples formed loose states based on intricate social networks. As a consequence, most studies of urban history in the Middle East have focused their gaze exclusively on urban social organization, often neglecting the extension of political power to rural areas. Covering Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Iran and Brunei, this volume explores the relationship between political power and soc

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