Editorial: Walter de Gruyter
Colección: Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East ; 42
Número de páginas: 264 págs.
Fecha de edición: 18-04-2022
EAN: 9783110740721
ISBN: 978-3-11-074072-1
Precio (sin IVA): 125,35 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 130,36 €
Seventh and eighth-century papyri, inscriptions, and coins constitute the main evidence for the rise of Arabic as a hegemonic language emerging from the complex fabric of Graeco-Roman-Iranian Late Antiquity. This volume examines these sources in order to gauge the social ecology of Arabic writing within the broader late antique continuum. The volume connects documentary practices to broader imperial policies, opening an unprecedented window into the strategies of governance that lay at the core of the early Islamic empire.