Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World: From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE

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Jelle Bruning Janneke H. M. de Jong

Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World

From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE

Jelle Bruning, Janneke H. M. de Jong, Petra M. Sijpesteijn

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Cambridge University Press
15 December 2022

Middle Eastern history; Classical history & classical civilisation; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

During the period 500–1000 CE Egypt was successively part of the Byzantine, Persian and Islamic empires. All kinds of events, developments and processes occurred that would greatly affect its history and that of the eastern Mediterranean in general. This is the first volume to map Egypt's position in the Mediterranean during this period. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, the individual chapters detail its connections with imperial and scholarly centres, its role in cross-regional trade networks, and its participation in Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultural developments, including their impact on its own literary and material production. With unparalleled detail, the book tracks the mechanisms and structures through which Egypt connected politically, economically and culturally to the world surrounding it.

Edited by: Jelle Bruning, Janneke H. M. de Jong, Petra M. Sijpesteijn
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 900g
ISBN: 9781009170017
ISBN 10: 1009170015
Pages: 526
Publication Date: 15 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jelle Bruning is a University Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies at Leiden University. He is the author of The Rise of a Capital: Al-Fusṭāṭ and Its Hinterland, 18/639-132/750 (2018). Janneke H. M. de Jong is a classicist and ancient historian with as expertise Greek papyrology. Her current research includes the social organization of the tax system of Aphrodito in the early Islamic period, and the preparation of editions of Greek papyri from late Byzantine and early Islamic Egypt. Petra M. Sijpesteijn is Professor of Arabic at Leiden University. She has published various academic and popular books and articles on the daily life experience of Muslims and non-Muslims in the caliphate.

Reviews for Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World: From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE

'... provides a very good insight into the interconnectedness of Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean region over a long period of time.' H-Soz-Kult '(these essays) open a window on an important period of transition in Egyptian history.' Ancient Egypt Magazine 'The chapters of the book are written by specialists who draw on a wide range of archaeological and textual sources. ... Careful editing also contributes to the beauty of the book. It contains informative (and partly colored) graphs and tables, and a detailed overall index with names, places, and subjects.' Lucian Reinfandt, Journal of Near Eastern Studies