On the eve of Islam: archaeological evidence from Eastern Arabia

Kennet, D.

Abstract

What was the archaeological context of the rise of Islam in Arabia? The author uses new work from Eastern Arabia to show that the advent of Islam coincided with the decline of the Sasanian hegemony and one of Arabia's least affluent periods in 3500 years of history.

Citation

Kennet, D. (2005). On the eve of Islam: archaeological evidence from Eastern Arabia. Antiquity, 79(303), 107-118. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00113730

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Nov 17, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 17, 2011
• Journal: Antiquity
• Print ISSN: 0003-598X
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-1744
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 303
• Pages: 107-118
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00113730
• Keywords: First millennium AD, Sasanian, Early Islamic, Arabia, Forts.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1572430
• Publisher URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9508142&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0003598X00113730