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Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)

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by Jared Rubin


  money-changing, 94–95

  Ottomans and, 207–208

  safatij, 93–94, 97, 234n58

  suftaja, 92–93, 95, 233n49, 233n50, 233n51

  trusts (see waqf)

  Mongols, 4, 35

  Montesquieu, 138

  Muhammad, 52, 202as charismatic, 56

  Companions, 57, 58

  early life, 49

  hadiths and, 52

  Islam and, 22, 49

  proto-institutions and, 49

  succession of, 57

  multiple regression analysis, 135, 238n19

  Murray, James M., 92

  Müteferrika, Ibrahim, 108

  Napoleon, 32

  nationalism, 70

  Netherlands. See Dutch Republic

  North, Douglass, 16, 17, 37, 212, 240n21

  notables, 190–193

  oil, xiii, 214

  Opwis, Felicitas, 145

  Orientalist tradition, 2–3

  Ottoman Empire, 111, 146, 184–199archives, 235n17

  autocracy and, 216

  banking and, 75, 81–82

  Catholic Church and, 114, 115

  commercial law, 244n57

  confiscations, 192

  Constantinople and, 190, 192, 194

  currency and, 197, 207

  divergence (see divergence)

  economic elites, 188, 189, 193, 194, 244n65

  economics and, 146, 184–199

  education and, 145

  elites, 244n64 (see also specific groups)

  equilibrium actions, 108

  extent of, 47, 169, 184, 186

  fatwas and, 32

  fiscal crises, 197, 244n63

  height of, 171

  interest and, 80, 82

  Islam and, 125, 184, 187, 188, 194 (see also Islam)

  Janissary corps, 33, 197

  judicial system and, 81, 194, 197

  legitimacy and, 71, 109, 113, 185 (see also legtimation)

  lending markets, 198

  literacy, 142, 198

  malikane system, 190, 191

  Mamluks and, 48, 188

  military and, 142, 144, 145, 186, 190, 194, 207

  notables and, 189, 191, 193

  partnerships, 196

  population of, 189

  printing and, 13, 14, 44, 101, 105–117, 125, 142–148, 198, 205, 210, 212, 236n46

  propagating agents, 172

  Protestants and, 128, 140, 145, 193

  religious authorities, 13, 110, 142, 184–199

  rise of, 110

  secular law, 194

  Spain and, 15, 169–200 (see also Spain)

  state ownership, 192

  Sunnis, 48, 57, 60, 71, 110, 230n20, 233n51

  taxation and, 39, 186, 190, 191, 192, 244n59

  timar system, 33, 144, 186

  urban populations, 184

  waqf and, 82, 194

  war and, 186, 188, 189, 201

  Pamuk, Sevket, 197

  parliaments, 70, 137–141, 173, 189democracy and, 215, 216

  economics and, 140, 206

  England and, 152–158, 240n21

  as legitimizing agent, 154

  propagation by, 138

  Reformation and, 139

  religious authorities and, 138, 139

  partnerships, 195, 204

  Pascali, Luigi, 88

  Pax Mongolia, 35, 226n12

  Pfaff, Steven, 133

  Philip II, 162, 174–176, 178, 183

  Philip IV, 70

  piety, 59

  political elites, 45, 64, 67, 220

  Pomeranz, Kenneth, 224n26

  population statistics, 4, 4f, 21

  poverty, 213, 214, 227n9

  precious metals, 169, 175, 178, 206, 214, 242n18

  printing, 114Arabic script, 105, 106, 109, 113, 142, 144, 198, 236n46

  Catholic Church and, 104, 114, 115, 124, 135, 218

  consequences of, 99

  demand for, 107, 142

  economics and, 100, 147

  education and, 147

  effects of, 19, 115, 124

  England and, 153

  equilibrium actions, 108

  Europe and, 113–116, 205

  fragmentation and, 116

  ijaza and, 112–113

  influence of, 14

  information technology and, 218

  invention of, 99, 234n1

  Islam and, 107, 108, 205

  libraries and, 107

  literacy rates, 135

  Lutheranism and, 131

  Ottoman Empire and, 14, 44, 100, 101, 105–117, 125, 142–148, 205, 210, 212, 236n46

  path dependent effects, 124

  propagation and, 101

  Protestants and, 14, 119–148, 181, 205

  religion and, 13, 14, 105, 146, 205 (see also specific groups)

  restrictions on, 99–118

  Spain and, 242n6

  spread of, 102, 238n19

  propagation, 27–44agents of, 11, 12, 19, 34f, 38–41, 203 (see also specific groups, topics)

  benefits and, 33

  citizens and, 38, 41 (see also citizenry)

  coercive agents, 11, 31, 33, 34f, 69, 223n17

  costs of, 39, 40

  economic elites and (see economic elites)

  effectivity of, 39

  equilibrium in, 41

  game theory and, 36–41

  history of, 47–72

  institutions and, 12, 37 (see also institutions)

  legitimacy and, 31–32, 32f, 34, 34f, 56, 56f (see also legitimation)

  military and, 35 (see military)

  printing and, 101 (see also printing)

  religious elites (see religious elites)

  theses concerning, 44–46; See also specific rulers, states, topics

  property rights, 17, 28, 222n16

  Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, The (Weber), 119, 120

  Protestants, 116, 151capitalism and, 16, 119, 120 (see also capitalism)

  Catholics and, 47, 119–121, 205 (see also Reformation)

  economic elites and, 137–141, 152, 188, 193

  economics and, 16, 119, 120, 205

  education and, 236n2

  England and, 152–158

  interest and, 231n35

  Islam and, 121 (see also Islam)

  legitimacy and, 151

  Ottoman Empire and, 128, 140, 145, 193

  printing and, 14, 119–137, 181, 205

  Reformation and, 14, 119, 124, 126–128, 148, 161

  rulers and, 137, 193

  social ethic, 236n2

  Weber and, 119–120, 236n1; See also specific persons, topics

  Qur’an: Arabic script and, 105, 109, 113, 142, 198, 236n46Christianity and, 54 (see also Christianity)

  economics and, 244n57

  Shari’a and, 58, 68, 80, 82, 193, 194

  state and, 51

  succession and, 57

  Sunna and, 58, 112, 228n20; See also Islam; specific terms, topics

  Reformation, 119–141, 161, 199Augsburg Confession and, 127

  capitalism and, 120, 127, 133, 222n10

  Catholicism and, 47, 119, 127, 133 (see also Catholicism)

  Commercial Revolution and, 203, 212

  Dutch Republic and, 159, 160, 165

  economics and, 16, 119, 127–129, 162, 207

  effects of, 14, 19

  England and, 153

  Henry VIII and, 212

  Islam and, 142f

  legitimation and, 14, 189, 206

  Ottomans and, 128, 145

  parliaments and, 139, 189

  political institutions and, 151

  printing and, 14, 119–148, 205

  Protestantism and, 124, 126–128, 148, 161 (see also Protestants)

  religious elites and, 151, 162

  Schmalkaldic League, 127

  secularization and, 206

  Spain and, 175, 242n6

  universities and, 133

  urbanity and, 127, 162

  religions, 12, 2
4, 209Christianity and (see Christianity)

  church/state, 22, 54, 67, 68

  consistency and, 42

  economics and, 23, 45 (see also economics)

  Egypt and, 34

  elites (see religious elites)

  extent of influence, 13

  incentives and, 12, 27

  institutions and (see institutions)

  interest and, 14, 78 (see also interest)

  Islam and (see Islam)

  kinship ties and, 17

  legal systems and, 61

  legitimation and, 12, 14, 29, 32, 45, 48, 71, 209 (see also religious elites)

  merchant elites and, 65, 67

  monotheisms, 42

  Ottomans and (see Ottoman Empire)

  policies and, 35

  political influence of, 14, 209 (see also religious elites)

  printing and, 13, 14, 105 (see also printing)

  Spain and, 172 (see also Spain)

  See also specific persons, groups, topics

  religious elites, xv, 29, 42Christianity and, 48, 49, 52, 89 (see also Christianity)

  commercial law, 194

  conservatism and, 61

  economic elites and, 67, 137, 215

  Islam and, 48, 49, 51, 56–62, 89, 168, 216, 227n6 (see also Islam)

  legitimation and, 12, 20, 39, 43–62, 67, 71, 137, 138, 168, 184–199, 204, 206, 209, 216, 219 (see also legitimation; specific groups)

  notables and, 190

  Ottomans and, 110, 142, 185, 194

  political elites and, 43–45

  printing and, 146

  Reformation and, 151, 162

  secularism and, 61; See also religions; specific groups, topics

  rents, 15, 84, 208, 225n6

  Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, The (Kennedy), 19

  Robinson, Francis, 146

  Robinson, James, 18

  Roman Empire, 5, 12, 52, 53, 62–71. See also specific persons, topics

  Romer, Paul, 222n15

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 138

  Rubin, Jared, 80, 142, 157, 198, 231n23, 237n6, 237n18, 238n19

  Rudolph of Swabia, 68

  Russia, 201

  Sachs, Jeffrey, 22

  Safavid Empire, 188, 189

  Saladin, 32

  Sardar, Ziauddin, 108

  Saudi Arabia, 214

  Sayyid Jamal as-Din al-Afghani, 146

  science, 11, 14, 44, 224n21

  secularism, 22, 61, 67, 206

  Selim I, 47, 48, 105, 110

  Selim III, 145

  Shari’a, 68, 80, 82, 193, 194

  Shari’ati, Ali, 148

  Shia Islam, 57, 145

  silver, 169, 175, 178, 206, 214, 242n18

  Sixtus IV, 104

  social media, 217, 218

  Sokoloff, Kenneth, 22

  South Asia, 8, 227n2

  South Korea, 9

  Spain, 169, 171, 172–184, 221n1Americas and, 214

  banking and, 178

  Catholic Church and, 15, 169–184, 214

  colonies, 179

  comuneros revolt, 137, 176, 242n9

  Cortes and, 175–178

  decline of, 181, 182, 183, 243n37

  Dutch Republic and, 132, 137, 159–167, 169, 177, 181, 212, 241n36, 242n18 (see also Dutch Republic)

  economic decline, 171, 172–184, 243n25

  economic elites, 178, 182

  England and, 181

  export markets, 180

  expulsions from, 180, 242n2

  GDP, 171, 181, 183

  industrialism and, 180–181

  inflation, 179, 180, 181

  Inquisition, 173

  legitimation and, 206

  Mesta and, 243n25

  military and, 173

  Ottoman Empire and, 15, 169–200 (see also Ottoman Empire)

  parliaments and, 173

  precious metals and, 169, 175, 178, 206, 214, 242n18

  printing and, 242n6

  Protestantism and, 175, 177, 242n6

  real wages, 181, 183

  religious authorities and, 172, 199

  taxes and, 178

  urbanization and, 183

  wars and, 132, 137, 159–167, 174, 212, 241n36; See also specific topics, persons

  Structure and Change in Economic History (North), 17

  suftaja (plural, safatij), 92–95, 97, 233n49, 233n50, 233n51, 234n58

  Suleiman I, 188

  Sunna, 58, 112, 228n20

  Sunni Islam, 48, 57, 60, 71, 110, 230n20, 233n51

  Sunni-Shi’a split, 57

  Sykes-Picot Agreement, 21, 224n25

  Syrian refugee crisis, xiii

  Tamerlane, 243n47

  Tawney, Richard, 206

  taxation, 19, 33, 38, 57, 206collection, 152

  Dutch Republic and, 163

  feudalism and, 186

  French rulers and, 39

  land use, 155

  military and, 186

  Ottomans and, 39, 186, 189, 190

  Spain and, 178

  timar system, 188

  urban and, 163

  war and, 186

  technology, 11, 14, 44, 224n21

  Tekiner, Efdaleddin, 235n17

  terrorism, xiii, 33, 173–174, 210, 219

  Tertullian, 53

  Tierney, Brian, 54

  Tilly, Charles, 19

  timar system, 186–188

  trusts. See waqf

  Tunisia, 216

  Turkey, 214, 216

  Umayyads, 4, 57, 58, 59, 172, 202, 221n1

  umma, 17

  unified growth theory, 222n15

  United Arab Emirates, 214

  universities, 69, 135t, 136

  Urban III, 84

  urbanization, 65, 224n20, 237n15, 237n18capitalism and (see capitalism)

  center of gravity and, 6

  Dutch and, 159, 161, 162, 183

  economics and, 161, 163, 221n3 (see also economics)

  industrialism and (see industrialization)

  Islam and, 3–5, 7

  medieval Europe, 63

  populations, 4, 4f, 5f, 6, 6f, 7f, 66t, 150, 159, 183

  Reformation and, 162

  Spain and, 183

  taxes and, 163

  Western Europe, 66t

  usury, 13, 75–98, 204, 206, 230n21

  van der Woude, Ad, 163

  van Zanden, Jan Luiten, 18, 100, 115, 137, 138, 212

  Violence and Social Orders (North, Wallis, Weingast), 18

  Wallis, John, 18

  waqf, 192cash, 81–83, 230n13, 230n19, 230n20

  defined, 38

  interest and, 81–83, 230n20

  Ottomans and, 192, 194–196, 229n1

  war, 19, 175, 186–188, 201, 222n16. See also specific states, conflicts

  Weber, Max, 15, 21, 31, 33, 56, 119, 120, 125, 206, 222n10, 236n1

  Weingast, Barry, 18, 240n21

  welfare ratios, 120, 121f, 150, 150t

  West India Company, 164

  What Went Wrong? (Lewis), 22

  Why Did Europe Conquer the World? (Hoffman), 19

  Why Nations Fail (Acemoglu, Robinson), 18

  William of Orange, 132

  William the Conqueror, 67, 153

  Wintrobe, Ronald, 225n6

  women, 10, 18, 35, 40

  Worms, Concordat of, 68

  Wößmann, Ludger, 120

  Wyclif, John, 130

  Zwingli, Huldrych, 126

 

 

 
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