Part I: Economic Exceptionalism in Early Islam: Myth or Reality? -- The Late Antique and Byzantine Context to early Islamic Mercantile Activity / Peter Sarris -- An Islamic Agricultural Revolution / ...

Near Eastern History professor Fred M. Donner discussed his research on a papyrus letter that he believes may be the oldest existing written document from early Islamic society, in a Humanities Day ...

Major new work by an international team of archaeologists will shed new light on early Islamic history in Saudi Arabia. Experts will investigate previously neglected sites along the Hejaz Hajj Route ...

Introduction: Zoroastrianism, Islam and Accommodation -- 1 Myth and Countermyth in Zoroastrian Historiography -- 2 Umar's Dilemma: The Taxation of People Without a Book -- 3 Marriage, Meat and the ...

Sancho I, ruler of the kingdom of Léon in the north of modern-day Spain, was overthrown by rebel nobles in A.D. 958. Their motive, even by the turbulent politics of the day, was an unusual one: The ...

Tucked between narrow medieval lanes in historic Jeddah, the Othman bin Affan Mosque is offering a rare, layered look into the city’s past. Fresh excavations at the site have uncovered more than 1,300 ...