Parution : Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral, Baghdād. From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century, Brill, August 2022
Baghdād: From its Beginnings to the 14th Century offers an exhaustive handbook that covers all possible themes connected to the history of this urban complex in Iraq, from its origins rooted in late antique Mesopotamia up to the aftermath of the Mongol invasion in 1258.
Against the common perception of a city founded 762 in a vacuum, which, after experiencing a heyday in a mythical “golden age” under the early ʿAbbāsids, entered since 900 a long period of decline that ended with a complete collapse by savage people from the East in 1258, the volume emphasizes the continuity of Baghdād’s urban life, and shows how it was marked by its destiny as caliphal seat and cultural hub.
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Chargé de diffusion scientifique (6 juillet 2022). Parution : Jens Scheiner and Isabel Toral, Baghdād. From Its Beginnings to the 14th Century, Brill, August 2022. IISMM. Consulté le 26 avril 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/q2di