Abstracts

Our workshop aims at an interdisciplinary discussion about the economic structures and resources of the Early Islamic Empire.  Abstracts of presentation  are available for you in this section.

The Measure of Integration – Economic Structures and Resources of the Early Islamic Empire
Abstracts

Michael J. Decker (University of South Florida, Department of History & Institute for Digital Exploration): Empire of Plants: Farming and Trade in the First Islamic Centurie

Stefan Heidemann (Universität Hamburg): Money as Measure of Integration

Maya Shatzmiller (University of Western Ontario, Canada): Why did the Early Islamic Middle East have the highest standards of living? Prices, Wages and Population Levels

Further reading:  Şevket Pamuk and Maya Shatzmiller, “Plagues, Wages, and Economic Change in the Islamic Middle East, 700-1500,” The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 74, N0. 1 (March 2014), pp. 196-229, © The Economic History Association 2014 

John F. Haldon (Princeton University): States, fiscal systems and the role of the environment

Timothy Power (Zayed UniversityAbu Dhabi): Long-Distance Trade in the Early Islamic Empire (c. 651-945)

Marek Jankowiak (University of Birmingham): Slave trade and slavery in the Islamic world in the 9th and 10th centuries