£59.54

Oxford University Press CALIPHS & MERCHANTS:CITIES & ECON POWER IN NEAR EAST, 700-950: Cities and Economies of Power in the Near East (700-950) (Oxford Studies in Byzantium)

Price data last checked 104 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

About as cheap as it gets. The only time it was cheaper was 5 months ago.

£60 today · all-time low £59 (Dec 2025) · usually the usual

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 627 days • 627 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£117.50 £52.69 £66.83 £80.97 £95.11 £109.25 £123.39 09 June 2024 12 November 2024 18 April 2025 21 September 2025 25 February 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 627 days • 5 price ranges

Days at Price
Current Price
11 days · current 25 days 169 days 170 days 252 days 0 63 126 189 252 £59-70 £70-82 £82-94 £94-106 £106-118 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common range: £106-118 (252 days, 40.2%)

Price range: £59 - £118

Price levels: 5 price ranges over 627 days

Description

Caliphs and Merchants: Cities and Economies of Power in the Near East (700-950) offers fresh perspectives on the origins of the economic success of the early Islamic Caliphate, identifying a number of previously unnoticed or underplayed yet crucial developments, such as the changing conditions of labour, attitudes towards professional associations, and the interplay between the state, Islamic religious institutions, and the economy. Moving beyond the well-studied transition between the death of Justinian in 565 and the Arab-Muslim conquests in the seventh century, the volume focuses on the period between 700 and 950 during which the Islamic world asserted its identity and authority. Whilst the extraordinary prosperity of Near Eastern cities and economies during this time was not unprecedented when one considers the early Imperial Roman world, the aftermath of the Arab-Muslim conquests saw a deep transformation of urban retail and craft which marked a distinct break from the past. It explores the mechanisms effecting these changes, from the increasing involvement of caliphs and their governors in the patronage of urban economies, to the empowerment of enriched entrepreneurial tā%gir from the ninth century. Combining detailed analysis of a large corpus of literary sources in Arabic with presentation of new physical and epigraphic evidence, and utilizing an innovative approach which is both comparative and global, the discussion lucidly locates the Middle East within the contemporary Eurasian context and draws instructive parallels between the Islamic world and Western Christendom, Byzantium, South-East Asia, and China.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
27 October 2020
Listed Since
04 October 2019

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700 (Oxford History of Medieval Europe)
97% match

Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700 (Oxford History of Medieval Europe)

Oxford University Press

£60.73 16 Mar 2026
Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative: Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750–1050 (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
97% match

Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative: Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750–1050 (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)

Routledge

£116.48 01 Mar 2026
Byzantium and the West: Perception and Reality (11th-15th c.)
97% match

Byzantium and the West: Perception and Reality (11th-15th c.)

Routledge

£44.04 17 Feb 2026
Byzantium and the West: Perception and Reality (11th-15th c.)
97% match

Byzantium and the West: Perception and Reality (11th-15th c.)

Routledge

£128.80 12 Jan 2026
Political Culture in the Latin West, Byzantium and the Islamic World, c.700–c.1500: A Framework for Comparing Three Spheres
97% match

Political Culture in the Latin West, Byzantium and the Islamic World, c.700–c.1500: A Framework for Comparing Three Spheres

£100.38 13 Jan 2026
Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)
96% match

Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)

Bloomsbury Academic

£53.73 24 Feb 2026
Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam (Translated Texts for Historians): 57
96% match

Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam (Translated Texts for Historians): 57

Liverpool University Press

£59.27 20 Jan 2026
Projecting a New Empire: Formats, Social Meaning, and Mediality of Imperial Arabic in the Umayyad and Early Abbasid Periods: 42 (Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East, 42)
96% match

Projecting a New Empire: Formats, Social Meaning, and Mediality of Imperial Arabic in the Umayyad and Early Abbasid Periods: 42 (Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East, 42)

£23.55 07 Jan 2026
Land and Trade in Early Islam: The Economy of the Islamic Middle East 750-1050 CE
96% match

Land and Trade in Early Islam: The Economy of the Islamic Middle East 750-1050 CE

£76.27 09 Jan 2026
Europe and the Islamic World: A History
96% match

Europe and the Islamic World: A History

Princeton University Press

£48.00 10 Feb 2026
Early Islamic Art, 650–1100: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume I (Variorum Collected Studies): 1
96% match

Early Islamic Art, 650–1100: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume I (Variorum Collected Studies): 1

Routledge

£138.96 11 Jan 2026
The Early Muslim Conquest of Syria: An English Translation of al-Azdī’s Futūḥ al-Shām (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
96% match

The Early Muslim Conquest of Syria: An English Translation of al-Azdī’s Futūḥ al-Shām (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)

Routledge

£133.40 11 Mar 2026
The Early Muslim Conquest of Syria: An English Translation of al-Azdī’s Futūḥ al-Shām (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
96% match

The Early Muslim Conquest of Syria: An English Translation of al-Azdī’s Futūḥ al-Shām (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)

Routledge

£40.25 15 Apr 2026
Messianic Beliefs and Imperial Politics in Medieval Islam: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century (Studies in Comparative Religion)
96% match

Messianic Beliefs and Imperial Politics in Medieval Islam: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century (Studies in Comparative Religion)

University of South Carolina Press

£32.75 03 Apr 2026
The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East Vol. 2: VoL. 2: Land Use and Settlement Patterns: 1.2 (SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam)
96% match

The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East Vol. 2: VoL. 2: Land Use and Settlement Patterns: 1.2 (SLAEI - Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam)

Gerlach Press

£119.02 22 Feb 2026
The Archaeology of Byzantine Anatolia: From the End of Late Antiquity until the Coming of the Turks
96% match

The Archaeology of Byzantine Anatolia: From the End of Late Antiquity until the Coming of the Turks

Oxford University Press

£122.49 09 Dec 2025
Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East: From the Rise of Islam to the Present Day
96% match

Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East: From the Rise of Islam to the Present Day

Routledge

£128.80 11 Jan 2026
The Works of Ibn Wahid Al-Yaqubi (Volume 1): An English Translation (Islamic History and Civilization / IHC 152) (IHC 152 - The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, 1)
96% match

The Works of Ibn Wahid Al-Yaqubi (Volume 1): An English Translation (Islamic History and Civilization / IHC 152) (IHC 152 - The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, 1)

Brill

£82.53 09 Mar 2026
History of the Arab Invasions: The Conquest and Administration of Empire: A New Translation of al-Baladhuri's Futuh al-Buldan
96% match

History of the Arab Invasions: The Conquest and Administration of Empire: A New Translation of al-Baladhuri's Futuh al-Buldan

I. B. Tauris & Company

£79.00 13 Jan 2026
Islamic Visual Culture, 1100–1800: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume II: 2 (Variorum Collected Studies)
96% match

Islamic Visual Culture, 1100–1800: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume II: 2 (Variorum Collected Studies)

Routledge

£155.10 11 Jan 2026
The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-700 (The Routledge History of the Ancient World)
96% match

The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-700 (The Routledge History of the Ancient World)

Routledge

£43.01 06 Feb 2026
Le Decor Architectural Artuqide en Pierre de Mardin Place dans Son Contexte Regional: Contribution a l'Histoire du Decor Geometrique et Vegetal du Proche-Orient des XIIe-XVe Siecles
96% match

Le Decor Architectural Artuqide en Pierre de Mardin Place dans Son Contexte Regional: Contribution a l'Histoire du Decor Geometrique et Vegetal du Proche-Orient des XIIe-XVe Siecles

Archaeopress Archaeology

£73.60 11 Mar 2026
Byzantium: Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100
96% match

Byzantium: Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100

Oxford University Press

£85.00 24 Jan 2026
Cities in The pre-Modern Islamic World: the urban impact of religion, state and society
96% match

Cities in The pre-Modern Islamic World: the urban impact of religion, state and society

Routledge

£43.99 19 Apr 2026