Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism

by Benedikt Koehler

Book Overview

Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism shows that globalized trade and capitalism originated in trade practices of pre-Islamic Arabs, and brought to European markets through European trade partners in the Middle Ages. Promotion of free trade across the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages created the condition for capitalism to emerge in Europe.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739188828
• ISBN13: 9780739188828
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"