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- “psychological, cultural juridical, the religious neglected”
- Ideological reasons for Islamic city – only in this setting adhere to all requirements of the Qu’ran – legal schools must have 40? Numbers hard definition and rural Muslims still Muslim.
- Certain mix and match features – certain common features
- Topography, climate, economy and pre-Islamic tradition all obviously important – religion important.
- “space is crucial in thinking about culture and ideology because it is where ideology and culture take on physical existence and representations”.
- Mirror and sustainer of social codes
- Islamic version of centralised power, and power and state together (mosque and palace) – not new to Islam
- Public private split on domestic level evident on public level as well – Gerholm Yemen – suq associated with status (how little you did), but mosque less status driven. Can’t just use archaeological record though.
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