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Eight - Antioch after Dark

Archaeology and the “Dark Ages” in North Syria

from II - Images, Objects, Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2024

By
Michael J. Decker
Edited by
Elizabeth S. Bolman ,
Scott Fitzgerald Johnson  and
Jack Tannous
Elizabeth S. Bolman
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
Jack Tannous
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
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In this chapter we explore the textual and material evidence for the transformation of the city of Antioch in northern Syria from the seventh through ninth centuries. Through observations of the environmental shocks, including the Justinianic Plague, which first arrived in AD 542, as well as the effects of a series of major earthquakes, we assess demographic changes that likely accompanied these events. Following this, we explore some possible reconstruction of the population of Antioch and its hinterland. In the early medieval period, a reassessment of the material evidence, read together with descriptions from medieval texts, demonstrates that a level economic and social activity, probably significantly exceeding previous estimates, persisted through the ‘Dark Ages’ of the seventh-ninth centuries.

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AntiocharchaeologyDark Agesdemographyhistorical geographymedieval economyearthquakesancient seismic activityseismicityseventh centuryeighth centuryninth centuryLimestone Massif
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Religion, Culture, and Empire in the Medieval Near East
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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