Pella, Jarash, and Amman: Old and New in the Crossing to Arabia, ca. 550-750 C.E.
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Pella, Jarash, and Amman : Old and New in the Crossing to Arabia, ca. 550-750 C.E. / Walmsley, Alan George.
Shaping the Middle East: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in an Age of Transition 400-800C.E.. ed. / Kenneth G. Holum; Hayim Lapin. Bethesda : University Press of Maryland, 2011. p. 135-152 (Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, Vol. 20).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Pella, Jarash, and Amman
T2 - Old and New in the Crossing to Arabia, ca. 550-750 C.E.
AU - Walmsley, Alan George
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The concern of this paper is with the towns of Pella/Fihl, Gerasa/Jarash and Philadelphia/Amman, all located in modern Jordan, during early Islamic times. A long-established road linked these three towns, striking eastwards from Fihl up the Jordan Rift scarp into the highlands of Jordan, eventually reaching the regional capital of Amman. Unlike the route between Qaysariyah and Baysan, the Fihl – Amman road is not described by any of the third/ninth and fourth/tenth century Arabic geographical sources, but archaeologically there is little doubt that this route was active, to varying degrees, in the early Islamic period. The paper investigates the urban nature of these towns at that time, and in what ways these centers differed from their late antique predecessors of, say, the mid-sixth century CE, beginning with Pella/Fihl and then continuing eastwards to Jarash and Amman, and finishing with a reflective look at Skythopolis/Baysan
AB - The concern of this paper is with the towns of Pella/Fihl, Gerasa/Jarash and Philadelphia/Amman, all located in modern Jordan, during early Islamic times. A long-established road linked these three towns, striking eastwards from Fihl up the Jordan Rift scarp into the highlands of Jordan, eventually reaching the regional capital of Amman. Unlike the route between Qaysariyah and Baysan, the Fihl – Amman road is not described by any of the third/ninth and fourth/tenth century Arabic geographical sources, but archaeologically there is little doubt that this route was active, to varying degrees, in the early Islamic period. The paper investigates the urban nature of these towns at that time, and in what ways these centers differed from their late antique predecessors of, say, the mid-sixth century CE, beginning with Pella/Fihl and then continuing eastwards to Jarash and Amman, and finishing with a reflective look at Skythopolis/Baysan
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Jordan
KW - palestine
KW - urban change
KW - Islam
KW - archaeology
KW - social conditions
KW - communications
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-1-934309-31-5
T3 - Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture
SP - 135
EP - 152
BT - Shaping the Middle East
A2 - Holum, Kenneth G.
A2 - Lapin, Hayim
PB - University Press of Maryland
CY - Bethesda
ER -
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