Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam

by Patricia Crone

Overview

This work is a well-researched refutation of the commonly held belief that, at the inception of Islam, Mecca was a trading center thriving on the export of spices to the Mediterranean. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's online version of the same title.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148243854
Publisher:	ACLS Humanities E-Book
Publication date:	01/21/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	2 MB

Editorial Reviews

Patricia Crone's book, Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, is an incisive attack on the notion, most prevalent among western scholars, that Islam's dramatic rise where and when it did, in Mecca in the early seventh century, can be accounted for by the role of the Meccans in international trade.

Speculum, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan., 1991) - Robert Schick

Meccan Trade is a scholarly work with a fascinating argument. Unlike "Hagarism" it is also written with verve and style and with a wit sadly absent from most academic publications, including, I fear, my own. It is strongest in questioning and sometimes demolishing received truths.

Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 1 (July 1988) - Hugh Kennedy