Heck, Gene W. <br/><br/>
Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab roots of capitalism  [electronic resource] / 
Gene W. Heck. 
 - Berlin ;  New York :  W. de Gruyter,  ©2006. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 381 pages). 
 - Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients,  n.F., Bd. 18  0585-6221 ; .
 - Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004) ;  n.F., Bd. 18. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index. 
<br/><br/>Frontmatter ; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Medieval Christian Europe in Stasis; Chapter 2 The Muslims' Medieval "Trade Explosion"; Chapter 3 Islamic "Free Market" Doctrine Pragmatically Applied; Chapter 4 The Fruition of "Commercial Capitalism" in Fātimid Egypt; Chapter 5 Imperatives of Trade and the Transformation of Europe; Chapter 6 Medieval Europe's Transformation: "The Triumph Of Ideas"; Backmatter 
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<br/><br/> Presented in six principal analytic chapters with supporting appendices, this book explores the role of Islam in precipitating Europe's twelfth century commercial renaissance. Employing the classic analytic techniques of economics, Gene Heck determines that medieval Europe's feudal interregnum was largely caused by indigenous governmental business regulation and not by shifts in international trade patterns. He then proceeds by demonstrating how Islamic economic precepts provided the ideological rationales that empowered medieval Europe to escape its three-centuries-long experiment in "Dark Ag. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783110202830 3110202832 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> DE-101 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>500 - 1500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.<br/>Capitalism--Religious aspects--Islam.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Free Enterprise.<br/>Capitalism--Religious aspects--Islam.<br/>Commerce.<br/>Commerce--Medieval.<br/>Kapitalisme.<br/>Wirtschaftstheorie.<br/>Islam.<br/>Wirtschaftstheorie.<br/>Islam.<br/>Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.<br/>Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.<br/>Islamic countries -- Commerce.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islamic countries--Commerce.<br/>Islamic countries.<br/>Europa (geografie)<br/>Arabische wereld.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF3868  / .H43 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.12/2