Money, Power and Politics in Early Islamic Syria

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Contents: Preface Introduction Greater Syria in the 7th century: context and background, John Haldon Coinage and the economy of Syria-Palestine in the 7th and 8th centuries CE, Alan Walmsley Christian communities in early Islamic Syria and Northern Jazira: the dynamics of adaptation, R. Stephen Humphreys Administering the early Islamic empire: insights from the papyri, Arietta Papaconstantinou Mu'awiya's state, Clive Foss First century Islamic currency: mastering the message from the money, Gene W. Heck 'Abd al-Malik's monetary reform in copper and the failure of centralization, Lutz Ilisch Early Islamic urbanism and building activity in Jerusalem and at Hammath Gader, Jodi Magness Late antique legacies and Muslim economic expansion, Jairus Banaji Syrian elites from Byzantium to Islam: survival or extinction?, Hugh Kennedy Index.