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Archaeology and the history of early Islam: the first seventy years

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The rarity of material evidence for the religion of Islam during the first seventy years of the hijra (622-92 CE) has been used to attack the traditional positivist account of the rise of Islam. However, the earliest declarations of Islam are to be found on media produced by the early Islamic state. It is therefore mistake to read too much significance into the absence of such declarations prior to the formation of the state by 'Abd al-Malik (685-705 CE). There is little prospect that archaeology will uncover new evidence of Islam from the first seventy years.

Le manque de données matérielles sur la religions de l'Islam pendant les sept premières décebbues de l'hégire (622-92) a été utilisé pour réfuter la théorie positiviste traditionelle de l'essor de l'Islam. Cependent, les premières déclarations de l'Islam sont à trouver dans des oeuvres produites par l'Etat islamique à ses débuts. Il est donc erroné d'attributer trop de sens à l'absence de telles déclarations avant la formation de cet Etat par 'Abd al-Malik (685-705). Il y a peu de perspectives de nouvelles découvertes archéologiques sur l'Islam des sept premières décennies.

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10.1163/156852003772914848

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
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Publisher:
Brill
Journal:
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient More from this journal
Volume:
46
Issue:
4
Pages:
411-436
Publication date:
2003-01-01
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EISSN:
1568-5209
ISSN:
0022-4995


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2011-03-22
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