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Chapter 30 - Memory and the City

Reflections from the Post-Interesting on Islamic Antioch

from Part V - Crises and Resilience

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Andrea U. De Giorgi
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Florida State University
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The AD 637 Islamic conquest of Antioch has been typically held as the city’s swan song. Conversely, this article shows that the new realities of power ushered in a new phase in the life of the city and lingered on the memory and myth of the city of Seleucus Nicator.

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Antioch on the Orontes
History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture
, pp. 489 - 506
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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