Southern Jordan in the Fatimid and Seljuq Periods
This article gathers together the meager historical and archaeological evidence available for the area of southern Jordan between the Wadi Mujib and ʿAqaba during the period of Fatimid and Seljuq rule from 970 until the start of the Crusades in the early 12th century. Arabic authors shed some light...
| Published in: | Bulletin of ASOR |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
1997
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1997, Volume: 305, Pages: 73-85 |
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| Summary: | This article gathers together the meager historical and archaeological evidence available for the area of southern Jordan between the Wadi Mujib and ʿAqaba during the period of Fatimid and Seljuq rule from 970 until the start of the Crusades in the early 12th century. Arabic authors shed some light on the historical geography of the area, while occasional historical accounts highlight the chronically unstable political situation of the century-long Fatimid period, when the Arab tribes were in the ascendancy, and the briefer period of Seljuq rule that started in 1071. The limited information from archaeological surveys and the results of excavations, so far largely confined to ʿAqaba, point to a decline in the fortunes of the settled population. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357746 |