{"product_id":"baghdad-from-its-beginnings-to-the-14th-century-9789004513365","title":"Baghdād: From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaghdād: From its Beginnings to the 14th Century offers an exhaustive handbook that covers all possible themes connected to the history of this urban complex in Iraq, from its origins rooted in late antique Mesopotamia up to the aftermath of the Mongol invasion in 1258.  Against the common perception of a city founded 762 in a vacuum, which, after experiencing a heyday in a mythical “golden age” under the early ʿAbbāsids, entered since 900 a long period of decline that ended with a complete collapse by savage people from the East in 1258, the volume emphasizes the continuity of Baghdād’s urban life, and shows how it was marked by its destiny as caliphal seat and cultural hub.   Contributors  Mehmetcan Akpınar, Nuha Alshaar, Pavel Basharin, David Bennett, Michal Biran, Richard W. Bulliet, Kirill Dmitriev, Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Beatrice Gruendler, Sebastian Günther, Olof Heilo, Damien Janos, Christopher Melchert, Michael Morony, Bernard O’Kane, Klaus Oschema, Letizia Osti, Parvaneh Pourshariati, Vanessa van Renterghem, Jens Scheiner, Angela Schottenhammer, Y. Zvi Stampfer, Johannes Thomann, Isabel Toral.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   Acknowledgements   Notes on Transliteration and Style   List of Figures   AbbreviationsVi   Notes on ContributorsVii      1 Baghdād’s Topography and Social Composition A Historical Sketch    Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral      Part 1: The Foundation of Madīnat al-Salām and Its Legends   2 Legends about the Foundation of a Marvelous City    Isabel Toral      3 Islamic Art and Architecture in Pre-Mongol Baghdād    Bernard O’Kane      More-to-Know I: The Foundation of al-Manṣūr’s Palatial City and  Its Horoscope    Johannes Thomann      More-to-Know Ii: Was Madīnat al-Salām a “Round City”?    Jens Scheiner      Part 2: A Historical Overview from Late Antiquity to the Mongol Period   4 Ctesiphon and Its Surroundings, Precursors of Baghdād    Parvaneh Pourshariati      5 The Early ʿAbbāsid Caliphs as Commanders and Constructors    Jens Scheiner      6 Baghdād under Būyid Rule    Nuha Alshaar      7 Baghdād under the Saljūqs    Vanessa Van Renterghem      8 Baghdād under the Late ʿAbbāsid Caliphs    Hend Gilli-Elewy      9 Baghdād under Mongol Rule    Michal Biran      10 The Economic Parameters of Baghdād and Its Hinterland    Richard W. Bulliet      Part 3: Baghdād’s Neighbouring Empires   11 The ʿAbbāsids and the Byzantine Empire    Olof Heilo      12 ʿAbbāsid Caliphs and Frankish Kings    Kirill Dmitriev and Klaus Oschema      More-to-Know IiI: Sino-ʿAbbāsid Relations in the Eighth and  Ninth Centuries    Angela Schottenhammer      Part 4: The ʿAbbāsid Court and Its Legacy   13 Sketches of Court Culture in Baghdād    Letizia Osti      14 City of Poets, Poets of the City    Beatrice Gruendler      15 Prose Writing in Baghdād An Overview    Isabel Toral      More-to-Know IV: A “Golden Age” in Baghdād?    Isabel Toral      Part 5: Institutions of Learning and Fields of Knowledge   16 Knowledge and Learning in Baghdād    Sebastian Günther      More-to-Know V: Medinan Scholars in Early ʿAbbāsid Baghdād    Mehmetcan Akpınar      17 Philosophical and Scientific Learning in Baghdād    Damien Janos      Part 6: The Religious Communities   18 The Formation of Sunnī and Shīʿī Traditionalism    Christopher Melchert      More-to-Know Vi: Rational Theologians    David Bennett      19 The Ṣūfī School of Baghdād Persons and Teachings    Pavel Basharin      20 Christian Communities in Baghdād and  Its Hinterland    Michael Morony      21 Jews in Baghdād during the ʿAbbāsid Period    Y. Zvi Stampfer      22 Zoroastrians, Manichaeans and Gnostics in Baghdād and Its Hinterland    Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst      Epilogue    Jens Scheiner      Appendix: Original Sources featuring Baghdād    Jens Scheiner      Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210842693975,"sku":"9789004513365","price":239.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/baghdad-from-its-beginnings-to-the-14th-century-9789004513365","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}