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2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-363
Author(s):  
Guy G. Stroumsa
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Classical Studies ◽  
Early Islamic

The Early Islamic Mining Boom

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-221
Author(s):  
Michael Morony
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Mining Technology ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Silver Copper ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Early Islamic

AbstractThe present article shows that, according to archaeological and literary evidence, an expansion in mining occurred in the early Islamic world as a result of changes in mining technology at the end of Late Antiquity. The production of gold, silver, copper, iron, and other minerals is shown to have peaked in the eighth and ninth centuries and then to have declined during the tenth and eleventh centuries due to insecurity and/or exhaustion of the mines. Mining development was financed privately, and mines were usually private property.

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