TY - BOOK ID - 662938 TI - Cities in the pre-modern Islamic world AU - Bennison, Amira K AU - Gascoigne, Alison L PY - 2007 SN - 9780415424394 9780203946473 0415424399 0415553814 0203946472 9780415553810 113409650X 1280943513 9786610943517 6610943516 9781134096459 9781134096497 9781134096503 1134096496 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Islam KW - History of civilization KW - Cities and towns KW - Islamic cities and towns KW - History. KW - Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - Human settlements KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Cities and towns, Islamic KW - Muslim cities and towns UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:662938 AB - This volume is an inter-disciplinary endeavour which brings together recent research on aspects of urban life and structure by architectural and textual historians and archaeologists, engendering exciting new perspectives on urban life in the pre-modern Islamic world. Its objective is to move beyond the long-standing debate on whether an 'Islamic city' existed in the pre-modern era and focus instead upon the ways in which religion may (or may not) have influenced the physical structure of cities and the daily lives of their inhabitants. It approaches this topic from three different but inte ER -