(Hardback)

Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism shows that globalized trade and capitalism originated in trade practices of pre-Islamic Arabs, and brought to European markets through European trade partners in the Middle Ages. Promotion of free trade across the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages created the condition for capitalism to emerge in Europe.

(Paperback)

Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism shows that globalized trade and capitalism originated in trade practices of pre-Islamic Arabs, which were copied by European trade partners in the Middle Ages in European markets. Promotion of free trade across the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages created the condition for capitalism to emerge in Europe.