Why didn't the Middle East grow lasting merchant dynasties?

Timur Kuran

28 Oct 2026

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Sources

• Timur Kuran: Office Hours with Timur Kuran on Economic Development in the Islamic World ↗ from 12:20
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Further reading

• Private Truths, Public Lies, 1995 (Timur Kuran)
• Islam and Mammon, 2004 (Timur Kuran)
• The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East, 2011 (Timur Kuran)