Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 85, Part 6) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871698568)

Contents: Section 1: The Geographical Concepts: Boundaries in Arabo-Islamic Cartography; and Boundaries in the Arabo-Islamic Geographic and Historical Texts; Section 2: Travelers' Experiences at Internal Boundaries, the Area Concept in Arabo-Islamic Geography, and 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; and Boundary Characteristics as a Consequence of Embedded Attidues of the Culture: Section 3: Genesis of Boundary Zones Involving non-Arab Muslim States; Section 4: Summary and Conclusions. Illustrations. A reprint of the American Philosophical Society Transactions 85-6 (1985)

Author: Ralph W. Brauer
ISBN-10: 0871698560
ISBN-13: 9780871698568
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1995
Pages: 73
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d