The Donkey and the Boat by Chris Wickham. It focusses on Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily, the Byzantine empire, Islamic Spain and Portugal, and north-central Italy, and gives the firstcomprehensive account of the changing economies of each; only Byzantium has a good prior synthesis.
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The Donkey and the Boat: Reinterpreting the Mediterranean Economy, 950-1180 by C
The Donkey and the Boat by Chris Wickham. It focusses on Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily, the Byzantine empire, Islamic Spain and Portugal, and north-central Italy, and gives the firstcomprehensive account of the changing economies of each; only Byzantium has a good prior synthesis.