Abstract
The city of ʿAnjar is distinguished for its urban fabric, strictly shaped in accordance with the criteria of Hippodamian city planning, constituting a unique trait d’union between the Hellenistic-Roman tradition and the first Islamic urban experiments. This well-ordered hybrid, where ancient features satisfy new needs in an elegant layout, strongly contradicts the abused Orientalistic stereotype of a paradigmatic, cluttered and picturesque ‘Islamic city’. This contribution, through an in-depth study of the archaeological evidence, aims to reopen the debate on the origin of the settlement and the factors that led to its birth, as well as its sudden decline and abandonment.
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