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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
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Topics/Themes:
• Urbanism and the spread of Islam
• From militarization to settlement
• Muslim minority – Christian majority
• Governing Egypt
Readings:
• Kubiak, W. B. 1987 Al-Fustat: Its Foundations and Early Urban Development. AUC Press (pages 50-94, 121-131)
• Goitein, S. D. (1967). A Mediterranean society : the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza. Berkeley, University of California Press. (Sections)
• Sheehan, P. (2010). Babylon of Egypt: The archaeology of old Cairo and the origin of the city. Cairo, AUC Press. (Ch. 4 “Fustat and the Making of Old Cairo”)