A Social and Economic History of the Near East in the Middle Ages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Social and Economic History of the Near East in the Middle Ages write by Eliyahu Ashtor. This book was released on 1976. A Social and Economic History of the Near East in the Middle Ages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East
Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East write by M. A. Cook. This book was released on 2015-12-22. Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First Published in 2004. Did medieval Muslims have the concept of a 'social class'? If not, can we usefully employ the term in analysing their society? Were there such things as guilds in the medieval Middle East? Would we understand the economic de- cline of Mamluk Egypt better if we used paradigms derived from the study of the economic history of England and Italy in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries? How much can the enormous fiscal archive of the Ottoman Empire tell us about population history? Why was the Middle East so backward, if indeed it was, compared with the rest of the Afro-Asian world in the nineteenth century? Have Iran and Iraq better prospects for economic growth than otherwise comparable countries thanks to their oil royalties? Or are these paradoxically a hindrance rather than a help? The study of the economic history of the Middle East in Islamic times is notoriously underdeveloped. This volume contains papers discussed at an international conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1967, together with three short critical essays which attempt to tie them together. Some papers are specific contributions to research, others survey wider areas. The volume is not a comprehensive history or a systematic inventory, but it is hoped that, in addition to presenting a set of papers which are interesting in themselves, it will give the reader a tolerable idea of the state of studies in the field.
Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe write by Henri Pirenne. This book was released on 2015-10-15. Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in 2005. This original study the author writing in 1936 has tried to sketch the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the fifteenth century.
An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500
An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500 write by Steven Epstein. This book was released on 2009-04-27. An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from the beginning of growth around the year 1000 to the first wave of global exchange in the 1490s. These five hundred years witnessed the rise of economic systems, such as capitalism, and the social theories that would have a profound influence on the rest of the world over the next five centuries. The basic story, the human search for food, clothing, and shelter in a world of violence and scarcity, is a familiar one, and the work and daily routines of ordinary women and men are the focus of this volume. Surveying the full extent of Europe, from east to west and north to south, Steven Epstein illuminates family life, economic and social thought, war, technologies, and other major themes while giving equal attention to developments in trade, crafts, and agriculture. The great waves of famine and then plague in the fourteenth century provide the centerpiece of a book that seeks to explain the causes of Europe's uneven prosperity and its response to catastrophic levels of death. Epstein also sets social and economic developments within the context of the Christian culture and values that were common across Europe and that were in constant tension with Muslims, Jews, and dissidents within its boundaries and the great Islamic and Tartar states on its frontier.
Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East
Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East write by Catherine Breniquet. This book was released on 2014-07-31. Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, different societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep (and their wool) always played an important economic role. The 22 papers presented here explore the place of wool in the ancient economy of the region, where large-scale textile production began during the second half of the 3rd millennium. By placing emphasis on the development of multi-disciplinary methodologies, experimentation and use of archaeological evidence combined with ancient textual sources, the wide-ranging contributions explore a number of key themes. These include: the first uses of wool in textile manufacture and organization of weaving; trade and exchange; the role of wool in institutionalized economies; and the reconstruction of the processes that led to this first form of industry in Antiquity. The numerous archaeological and written sources provide an enormous amount of data on wool, textile crafts, and clothing and these inter-disciplinary studies are beginning to present a comprehensive picture of the economic and cultural impact of woollen textiles and textile manufacturing on formative ancient societies.
