Kennet, D. (2005) 'On the eve of Islam : archaeological evidence from Eastern Arabia.', Antiquity., 79 (303). pp. 107-118.
Abstract
What was the archaeological context of the rise of Islam in Arabia? The author uses new work from Eastern Arabia to show that the advent of Islam coincided with the decline of the Sasanian hegemony and one of Arabia's least affluent periods in 3500 years of history.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | First millennium AD, Sasanian, Early Islamic, Arabia, Forts. |
| Full text: | (VoR) Version of Record Download PDF (729Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9508142&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0003598X00113730 |
| Publisher statement: | Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2005 |
| Date accepted: | No date available |
| Date deposited: | 17 June 2011 |
| Date of first online publication: | March 2005 |
| Date first made open access: | No date available |
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