Contents
1. The Archaeology of Medieval Islamic Frontiers: An Introduction / A. Asa Eger
Part I. The Western Frontiers: The Maghrib and The Mediterranean Sea
2. Ibāḍī Boundaries and Defense in the Jabal Nafūsa (Libya) / Anthony J. Lauricella
3. Guarding a Well-Ordered Space on a Mediterranean Island / Renata Holod and Tarek Kahlaoui
4. Conceptualizing the Islamic-Byzantine Maritime Frontier / Ian Randall
Part II. The Southern Frontiers: Egypt and Nubia
5. Monetization across the Nubian Border: A Hypothetical Model / Giovanni R. Ruffini
6. The Land of Ṭarī’ and Some New Thoughts on Its Location / Jana Eger
Part III. The Eastern Frontiers: The Caucasus and Central Asia
7. Overlapping Social and Political Boundaries: Borders of the Sasanian Empire and the Muslim Caliphate in the Caucasus / Karim Alizadeh
8. Buddhism on the Shores of the Black Sea: The North Caucasus Frontier between the Muslims, Byzantines, and Khazars / Tasha Vorderstrasse
9. Making Worlds at the Edge of Everywhere: Politics of Place in Medieval Armenia / Kathryn J. Franklin
About the Authors
Index