The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East. Volume 2 Land Use and Settlement Patterns

This volume revisits archaeological evidence from Syria, Palestine, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Egypt describing a variety of land-use patterns and the development of a particular type of settlement across the Near East.

"This volume presents a much needed addition to the history of the transit from Byzantine to Islamic administration

and a welcome survey of recent archaeology of an understudied period"

(Gladys Frantz-Murphy)

The four-volume set comprises:

Volume 1: Problems in the Literary Source Material.

Volume 2: Land Use and Settlement Patterns.

Volume 3: States, Resources and Armies.

Volume 4: Elites Old and New