The Role of Markets in the Economic life of the Levant in the Umayyad era

Abstract

The Islamic State, especially during the Umayyad era, witnessed a civilizational development in various fields; political, economic, social, cultural and urban. The political stability in the Levant, which occurred after the succession of the Caliphate to Damascus, had a great impact on the markets and the activity of the economic life in the Levant. This led to the spread of commercial markets in the cities and the flow of goods and money from the lands. Trade in the markets influenced the development of the Levantine society. It opened the door to work and attracted labor to them. Rural people around these cities found a way to dispose of their agricultural production and sell it, and they were active in their agriculture to meet their needs of foodstuffs and foodstuffs. The Levant markets contributed significantly to the manufacture of many commodities, such as: glass, textiles, copper, oil, etc., and many of them were exported to the internal markets where such commodities are low. The research aims at studying the role of markets in economic life. In the Umayyad eraThe research included several axes, including markets in the Umayyad era, the specialization of markets, the importance of Aleppo in economic terms, Manbij markets, Jerusalem markets, Ramla and Hebron markets, other markets in the Levant, the use of monetary system in economic life in the Umayyad era, banking activity In the Levant markets, the use of money and sukuk in trading, measures and balances in the organization of commercial workers in the Levant, calculated in the