Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2010
This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade routes in the Old World. The theory argues that this particular type of geography … (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent …