Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography
Author | : Ralph W. Brauer |
Publisher | : American Philosophical Society |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 0871698560 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780871698568 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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)