عنوان

Umayyad Jerusalem and the Production of Social Spaces

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230033

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

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Umayyad Jerusalem and the Production of Social Spaces

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/ by Michael W. Zhang

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Art History) , University of British Columbia, Canada,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016 .

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v, 39p.

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مدخل مرتبط: شهر سازی

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مدخل مرتبط: بیت المقدس - آثار و بناهای تاریخی

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مدخل مرتبط : امویان - هنر و معماری

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Code E.Dissertation : 143

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Bibliography

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A

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Following the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem in the early 7th century, the new rulers of the city almost immediately began a series of architectural, administrative, and urban development projects. I will be focusing specifically on several projects undertaken at a slightly later date, during the Umayyad dynasty. So far, there have been extensive discussions locating the ways in which the Umayyads made political and religious claims to Jerusalem. I will expand on this scholarship by integrating into the discussion a third theme: the social facet. By examining how, during the Umayyad period, new public spaces were produced and used in Jerusalem, how construction projects attracted and retained skilled workers in the city, and how the government and the community encouraged and demonstrated an amenability towards a dynamic economy, we will broaden our understanding of city building in both medieval and current contexts. More specifically, this examination will reveal how the Umayyads were able to make a claim to the city using, in part, a social method. This method, at the same time, helped them establish Jerusalem as a destination point for travelers of diverse backgrounds.

Public spaces -- Palestine-- Social aspects

Architecture, Umayyad -- Palestine -- Jerusalem

فضاهای عمومی -- فلسطین -- جنبه های اجتماعی

معماری اموی -- فلسطین -- بیت المقدس

Zhang, Michael W.