The Early Islamic Mining Boom
Abstract The present article shows that, according to archaeological and literary evidence, an expansion in mining occurred in the early Islamic world as a result of changes in mining technology at the end of Late Antiquity. The production of gold, silver, copper, iron, and other minerals is shown t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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| In: |
Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2019, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 166-221 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mining
B mercury amalgamation B Islamic world B quartz B radiocarbon B galena B cupellation |
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