Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 85, part 6)

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By Ralph W. Brauer (au)
Year: 1995
Pages: 73
Binding Paperback
ISBN 871698560

Product Code: 1422380009

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Contents: Section 1: The Geographical Concepts: Boundaries in Arabo-Islamic Cartography; & Boundaries in the Arabo-Islamic Geographic & Historical Texts; Section 2: Travelers’ Experiences at Internal Boundaries, the Area Concept in Arabo-Islamic Geography, & the Relation of Zone-Boundaries to Basic Tenets of Arabo-Islamic Culture; Boundaries in the Writings of Travelers in the Islamic Empire; The Concept of Area in Muslim Geographic thought; & Boundary Characteristics as a consequence of Embedded Attitudes of the Culture: Section 3: Genesis of Boundary Zones Involving non-Arab Muslim States; & Section 4: Summary & Conclusions. Illustrations. A reprint of the Amer. Philosophical. Soc. Transactions 85-6 (1985)

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