Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- List of Illustrations (page vi)
- Abbreviations (page vii)
- Preface (page ix)
- Acknowledgments (page xi)
- Introduction: The Question of Continuity (page 3)
- Part I: ADMINISTRATION
- 1. ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY AND PRACTICE (page 27)
- 2. TAXES (page 99)
- 3. ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRAPHY (page 125)
- Part II: PEOPLE
- 4. ARAMAEANS (page 169)
- 5. PERSIANS (page 181)
- 6. ARABS: NATIVES (page 214)
- 7. ARABS: IMMIGRANTS (page 236)
- 8. ARABS: ASSIMILATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE (page 254)
- 9. OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS (page 265)
- Part III: RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
- 10. MAGIANS (page 280)
- 11. JEWS (page 306)
- 12. CHRISTIANS (page 332)
- 13. PAGANS AND GNOSTICS (page 384)
- 14. MUSLIMS: THE FORMATION OF THE COMMUNITY (page 431)
- 15. MUSLIMS: DOCTRINES OF AUTHORITY AND REBELLION (page 467)
- Conclusion: THE NATURE OF CONTINUITY (page 507)
- Glossary (page 527)
- Resources (page 537)
- Index (page 655)
- Errata
- Supplementary Index