The Islamic World, Russia and the Vikings, 750–900

The Numismatic Evidence

Thomas S. Noonan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

1998
Variorum (Verlag)
978-0-86078-657-3 (ISBN)

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Professor Noonan here sets out to examine what Islamic silver coins (dirhams) reveal about the great trade between the Islamic world, European Russia, and the Baltic during the early Viking Age. Particular attention is devoted to the origins of this international commerce and the role of such peoples as the Vikings and Khazars. As he shows, the study of these coins also throws new light on mint output in the ’Abbasid caliphate, the historical significance of specific dirham hoards, and how the patterns of trade evolved during the course of the ninth century.

Thomas S. Noonan, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA

Contents: Introduction; Why the Vikings first came to Russia; Why dirhams first reached Russia: the role of Arab-Khazar relations in the development of the earliest Islamic trade with Eastern Europe; 9th-century dirham hoards from European Russia: a preliminary analysis; The regional composition of 9th-century dirham hoards from European Russia; A 9th-century dirham hoard from Devitsa in southern Russia; Early ’Abba-sid mint output; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.4.1998
Reihe/Serie	Variorum Collected Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 224 mm
Gewicht	748 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-86078-657-9 / 0860786579
ISBN-13	978-0-86078-657-3 / 9780860786573
Zustand	Neuware