Research Article

A MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC CITY: CASE OF CORDOBA

Volume: 3 Number: 2 April 28, 2016
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A MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC CITY: CASE OF CORDOBA

Abstract

From Turkestan to Andalusia Spain, Medieval Islamic cities geographically occupied a wide area, and thus they had left their mark on the medieval era. Being one of these Islamic cities, Cordoba was seized by the Arabs in 711 and the first urbanization activities began upon moving the government centre from Seville to Cordoba. Later on, as the capital city of Andalusia Umayyad Dynasty, Cordoba became one of the most crucial cities of Spain in terms of science, art and trade. In this study, stating the features of medieval Western and Islamic cities, initially, the geographic, politic, economic and philosophic bases that took part in the establishment of the cities will be discussed and a specific focus will be made upon Cordoba city. Afterwards, information about the history, city layout and structure, city administration, socio-economic structure and cultural formation of Cordoba will be presented. This study reveals that Renaissance which is the main output of the European urbanization in medieval era cannot be considered apart from the administrative, socio-economic, cultural and architectural features of the Islamic cities within the context of Ibn Haldun’s thoughts.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Tanzer Çeliktürk This is me

Onur Kulaç This is me

Recep Arslan This is me

Publication Date

April 28, 2016

Submission Date

March 1, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Torlak, S. E., Çeliktürk, T., Kulaç, O., & Arslan, R. (2016). A MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC CITY: CASE OF CORDOBA. Journal of Life Economics, 3(2), 75-86. https://doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.124