Through a Glass Lens: Technological Innovation and Societal Change in Early Islamic North Africa

穆斯林对北非和地中海的征服(公元前7-8世纪)导致了前所未有的人员、货物和思想的流动。该项目探索7-11世纪北非玻璃工业与伊斯兰世界社会变化之间的相互作用，以了解玻璃制造、生产和贸易的变化如何反映出征服后该地区更广泛的政治和经济问题。对突尼斯和摩洛哥新出土的玻璃组件的研究将展示这些变化如何影响伊斯兰世界两个文化和政治反差地区的技术传播和经济交流。

The Muslim conquests of North Africa and the Mediterranean (7th-8th c. CE) resulted in an unprecedented movement of people, goods, and ideas. This project explores the interplay between North African glass industries and societal change in the Islamic world from the 7th-11th centuries to understand how changes in glass manufacture, production, and trade reflect broader political and economic issues in the region post-conquest. The study of newly excavated glass assemblages from Tunisia and Morocco will show how these changes impacted technological transmission and economic exchange in two culturally and politically contrasting regions within the Islamic world.