Background
Morony was born in 1939 in Sacramento.
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Education
He holds a Bachelor in Near Eastern Languages from the University of California, Berkeley, and an Master of Arts in Islamic Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy (1972) in History from the University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
His dissertation, originally advised by Gustave von Grunebaum, was concerned with the history of Mesopotamia after the Islamic Conquests. Upon von Grunebaum"s death, his dissertation was supervised by Nikki Keddie. In addition to these scholars, Morony has also worked with West. B. Henning in Berkeley and M. A. Shaban.
Morony"s research is mostly concerned with the economic history of the Near East, North Africa and Muslim Spain.
He has written many articles on the subject and is considered one of the authorities on the socio-economic history of the region in the pre-modern period.
