Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History - Hardcover
by Craig Perry
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691263571ISBN-10:691263574UPC:9780691263571Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Jewish, Islamic, SlaverySize:9.21 x 6.22 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCMRMCKHY1
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History
A new global history of the slave trade, the lives of enslaved people, and the role of slavery in the formation of Jewish and Arab-Islamic culture in the medieval Middle East
In this book, Craig Perry mines a remarkable cache of fragmentary documents preserved in an Egyptian synagogue to write a new history of slavery and the slave trade in the medieval Middle East. These documents--which range...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691263571ISBN-10:691263574UPC:9780691263571Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Jewish, Islamic, SlaverySize:9.21 x 6.22 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCMRMCKHY1
Craig Perry is assistant professor at Emory University in the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, and the Islamic Civilizations Studies Graduate Program. He is the 2024 Andrew W. Mellon Family Foundation Rome Prize winner in Medieval Studies and the coeditor of The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 2, AD 500-AD 1420.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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