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Land and trade in early Islam : the economy of the Islamic Middle East 750-1050 CE / edited by Hugh Kennedy and Fanny Bessard

Part I: Economic Exceptionalism in Early Islam: Myth or Reality? -- The Late Antique and Byzantine Context to early Islamic Mercantile Activity / Peter Sarris -- An Islamic Agricultural Revolution / ...
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Early Islam and the birth of capitalism / Benedikt Koehler

The richest man in Arabia -- Markets without government -- Family matters -- A mosque, a market, and a war -- Muhammad's household finances -- Muhammad's executive office -- Muhammadan taxation -- ...
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Major new archaeological excavations to trace early Islamic history in Saudi Arabia

Major new work by an international team of archaeologists will shed new light on early Islamic history in Saudi Arabia. Experts will investigate previously neglected sites along the Hejaz Hajj Route ...
Washington Examiner

A universal history of the Muslim world

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity; By Michael A. Cook; Princeton University Press; 960 pp., $39.95 “The text,” Ted replies. “OK, that’s right. But they never ...
The New York Times

In Qatar, a Museum Looks Back at the Breadth of Islam

As the World Cup draws visitors to present-day Doha, the Museum of Islamic Art reopens with an expanded vision and presentation of Islamic history. By David Belcher DOHA, Qatar — As the world’s ...