"From Polis to madina" Revisited-Urban change in Byzantine and early Islamic Palestine

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-329

  Avni, Gideon ^a  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84855843791     PISSN: 13561863     EISSN: 14740591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1356186311000022     Document Type: Article

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