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| List of Illustrations | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface Explanatory | |
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| Notes | |
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| Matters of Definition | |
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| Orthographical and Related Matters | |
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| The Islamic Date Bibliographical Matters | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Roots of Islamic Society Arabia of the Jahiliyah Al-Hijaz | |
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| A'raband Hadari Tribal Organization | |
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| The Role of Reciprocity the Ghazu External Trade | |
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| "The Mother of Settlements" Religion of the Badu | |
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| The Quraysh Makkan | |
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| Commerce Fairs Muhammad's Message Consolidation of Quraysh Authority | |
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| The Hums Muhammad's Opposition Characterisitics of Makkah Yathrib (al-Madinah) | |
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| The Constitution of Madinah | |
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| The Madinan Confederacy Extending the Hizb Allah Al-Ta'if Urbanism in the Jahili Hijaz | |
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| The Shaping of Urban Systems in the Islamic World | |
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| The Expansion of Islam Campaigns of Conquest Continuing | |
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| Expansion Evolution of Islamic Institutions | |
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| Extension of the Empire under the Umayyads | |
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| The Great Tamsir Amsar Al-Basrah Al-Kufah Al-Fustat | |
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| The Process of Sedentarization Ribats Princely and Dynastic Foundations Baghdad North Africa Other New Foundations Spontaneously Generated Cities | |
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| Cities Modified by Muslim Occupation | |
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| Preliminaries The Concept of the Urban System | |
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| The Spatial Expression of the Settlement System | |
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| The Vertical Organization of the Settlement Hierarchy | |
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| Primary Sources for the Study of Tenth-Century Middle Eastern Urban Systems | |
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| Al-Maqdisi Al-Maqdisi's Sources Al-Istakhriand Ibn Hawqal Hudud al-'Alam Al-Hamdani Al-Mas'udiand His Contemporaries Other Sources | |
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| The Urban Systems Al-Maqdisi's Criteria for Urban Status Al-Maqdisi's Urban Hierarchies Relative Sizes of Cities | |
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| Urban Systems in the Islamic World, Seventh through the Tenth Centuries | |
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| The Urban System inal-'Iraq Marketing and Service Centers Transportation Foci Industrial and Craft Centers Religious Centers | |
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| The Sacral Hierarchy Makkahas the Epitome Urban Centers on the Diyala Plains Commentary Arab | |
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| Settlements Agricultural Development | |
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| The Urban System in Aqur (al-Jazirah) Marketing and Service Centers | |
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| Transportation Foci Industrial and Craft Centers Fortified Settlements Religious Centers Commentary | |
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| The Urban System Christian Communities Hamdanid Rule | |
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| The Urban System inal-Sham Marketing and Service | |
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| Centers Transportation Foci Industrial and Craft Centers Fortified Settlements Religious Centers Commentary Northern Strongholds | |
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| The Emerging Urban System Eastern Cities Transformation of the Urban System | |
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| The Urban System in the Jazirahof the Arabs Marketing and Service Centers Transportation | |
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| Foci Industrial and Craft Centers Religious Centers Commentary | |
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| The Hijaz | |
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| The Haraman | |
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| The Yaman 'Uman | |
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| The Urban System inal-Jibal Marketing and Service Centers | |
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| Transportation Foci Industrial and Craft Centers | |
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| Religious Centers Commentary Fortified Settlements 'Abbasid Settlement | |
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| The Urban System in Khuzistan Marketing and Service Centers | |
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| Transportation Foci Industrial and Craft Centers | |
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| Religious Centers Commentary | |
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| The Urban System in Fars Marketing and Service Centers Transportation | |
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| Foci Industrial and Craft Centers Fortified Settlements | |
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| Religious Centers Commentary | |
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| The Urban System in Kirman Marketing and Service Centers | |
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| Transportation Foci Industrial and Craft Centers | |
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| Fortified Settlements Religious Centers Commentary | |
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| The Urban System in a | |