FROM POLIS TO MADINA: URBAN CHANGE IN LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY ISLAMIC SYRIA

@article{Kennedy1985FROMPT,
  title={FROM POLIS TO MADINA: URBAN CHANGE IN LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY ISLAMIC SYRIA},
  author={Hugh Kennedy},
  journal={Past \& Present},
  year={1985},
  volume={106},
  pages={3-27}
}
  • H. Kennedy
  • Published 1 February 1985
  • History
  • Past & Present
La civilisation urbaine qui, en Occident, s'est effondree sous les coups des invasions barbares, a continue a s'epanouir en Orient, mais en subissant des changements qui, en plusieurs siecles, transformerent la polis antique en madina islamique. Exemple de la Syrie. 
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