Nancy Khalek: 1 book
Damascus after the Muslim Conquest
Text and Image in Early Islam
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Before it fell to Muslim armies in AD 635-6 Damascus had a long and prestigious history as a center of Christianity. How did this city, which became the capitol of the Islamic Empire and its people, negotiate the transition from a late antique or early Byzantine world to an Islamic culture? In Damascus...
