Damascus After the Muslim Conquest: Text and Image in Early Islam

by Nancy Khalek

Book Overview

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 after the Muslim Conquest, Nancy Khalek demonstrates that the changes that took place in Syria during this formative period of Islamic life were not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199736510
• ISBN13: 9780199736515
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"