As one of the few surviving archaeological sites from the medieval Christian kingdom of Nubia, Qasr Ibrim is critically
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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Map of Medieval Nubia
Introduction: Qasr Ibrim and Christian Nubia
1. Qasr Ibrim’s Land Sales
2. Mashshouda and Archive 3
3. The Historiography of Nubian Land Tenure
4. Nubian Land Sales as a Legal Genre
5. Nubian Land Sales as Ceremony
6. Nubia’s Legal Tradition
7. Money, Rent, Taxes, and Investment
8. Qasr Ibrim’s Other Archives
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Chronology of Archive 3
Bibliography
Index
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