The feeding of the five hundred thousand

This paper discusses the impact of the foundation of major cities in Mesopotamia in the early Islamic period (c. 636-900 CE) and their impact on the agricultural economy and rural settlement in the area. It considers the potential agricultural productivity of the area, the availability of river tran...

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主要作者: Kennedy, Hugh 1947- (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:German
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出版: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
In: Iraq
Year: 2011, 卷: 73, Pages: 177-199
Further subjects:B Irrigation canals
B Umayyad Caliphate
B Urban agriculture
B Canals
B Caliphs
B Agricultural land
B 伊斯兰教
B Governors
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总结:This paper discusses the impact of the foundation of major cities in Mesopotamia in the early Islamic period (c. 636-900 CE) and their impact on the agricultural economy and rural settlement in the area. It considers the potential agricultural productivity of the area, the availability of river transport, the fiscal structure of the early Islamic state and the way in which it created demand for foodstuffs, and the development of the qaṭīca as a form of landholding which provided security of tenure and hence the encouragement of long-term investment in agricultural infrastructure.
ISSN:2053-4744
Contains:Enthalten in: Iraq
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0021088900000152