Princeton University Press eBooks· 2014
Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade
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Short summary
This seminal 1925 work argues that the destruction of antiquity's civilization was caused not by Germanic invasions, but by the Arab conquest of Mediterranean trade routes in the 7th century.
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Key points
- Challenges the traditional view of the fall of antiquity.
- Identifies the closing of Mediterranean trade by Arab conquest as the key factor.
- Argues against Germanic invasions as the primary cause of decline.
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Abstract
Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. This book argues that it was not the invasion of the Germanic tribes that destroyed the civilization of antiquity, but rather the closing of Mediterranean trade by Arab conquest in the seventh century
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