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Author Heck, Gene W.

Title Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab roots of capitalism / Gene W. Heck.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 381 pages).
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients, 0585-6221 ; n.F., Bd. 18
Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004) ; n.F., Bd. 18.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index.
Summary Presented in six principal analytic chapters with supporting appendices, this book explores the role of Islam in precipitating Europe's twelfth century commercial renaissance. Employing the classic analytic techniques of economics, Gene Heck determines that medieval Europe's feudal interregnum was largely caused by indigenous governmental business regulation and not by shifts in international trade patterns. He then proceeds by demonstrating how Islamic economic precepts provided the ideological rationales that empowered medieval Europe to escape its three-centuries-long experiment in "Dark Ag.
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Contents Frontmatter ; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Medieval Christian Europe in Stasis; Chapter 2 The Muslims' Medieval "Trade Explosion"; Chapter 3 Islamic "Free Market" Doctrine Pragmatically Applied; Chapter 4 The Fruition of "Commercial Capitalism" in Fātimid Egypt; Chapter 5 Imperatives of Trade and the Transformation of Europe; Chapter 6 Medieval Europe's Transformation: "The Triumph Of Ideas"; Backmatter.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Islamic countries -- Commerce.
Islamic countries.
Commerce.
Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Chronological Term 500-1500
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Heck, Gene W. Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab roots of capitalism. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, ©2006 9783110192292 3110192292 (DLC) 2007296446 (OCoLC)76873862
ISBN 9783110202830 (electronic book)
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