ACLS Humanities E-Book: A Mediterranean society: the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza

A Mediterranean society: the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza

Goitein, S. D., 1900-1985.

Year: 1967-1993.

Publisher: University of California Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Author's Note

Abbreviations and Symbols

Introduction

I. The Mediterranean Scene During the High Middle Ages (969-1250)

II. The Working People

III. The World of Commerce and Finance

III.A. The Merchants and Their Employees

III.B. The Ways of Commercial Cooperation

III.C. The Representative of the Merchants and His Warehouse

III.D. Business Procedures and Practices

III.E. Commodities, Trade Routes and Prices

III.F. Money, Banking, and Finance

III.G. Government Control of Commerce

IV Travel and Seafaring

Appendixes

Notes

Index of Geniza Texts

General Index

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Title:

A Mediterranean society : the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza S. D. Goitein.

Author:

Goitein, S. D., 1900-1985

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A Mediterranean society : the Jewish communities of the Arab world as portrayed in the documents of the Cairo Geniza S. D. Goitein.
Goitein, S. D., 1900-1985
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967-1993.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00888

Subject Headings:

• Cairo Genizah
• Jews -- Islamic Empire -- Civilization
• Islamic Empire -- Civilization

Notes:

• Includes indexes.
• "Published under the auspices of the Near Eastern Center, University of California, Los Angeles."
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required

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