Landscapes of the Islamic World : Archaeology, History, and Ethnography.

McPhillips, Stephen.
Landscapes of the Islamic World :
DK/0163
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ISBN
9780812292763 (electronic bk.)
9780812247640
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İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/0163
Yazar
McPhillips, Stephen.
Yayın Bilgisi
©2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (273 pages)
İçindekiler Notu
Cover -- Landscapes of the Islamic World -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. HYDROECONOMIES: MANAGING AND LIVING WITH WATER -- Chapter 1. The Materiality of Ottoman Water Administration in Eighteenth-Century Rural Damascus: A Historian's Perspective -- Chapter 2. The Islamic Occupation of Qatar in the Context of an Environmental Framework -- Chapter 3. Water Management in Desert Regions: Early Islamic Qasr Mushash -- PART II. AGRICULTURE, PASTORALISM, AND SUBSISTENCE -- Chapter 4. Faunal Distributions from the Southern Highlands of Transjordan: Regional and Historical Perspectives on the Representations and Roles of Animals in the Middle Islamic Period -- Chapter 5. Zooarchaeological Perspectives on Rural Economy and Landscape Use in Eighteenth-Century Qatar -- PART III. LANDSCAPES OF COMMERCE AND PRODUCTION -- Chapter 6. Beyond Iron Age Landscapes: Copper Mining and Smelting in Faynan in the Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries CE -- Chapter 7. Ceramic Production in the Central Highlands of Yemen During the Islamic Period -- Chapter 8. Harnessing Hydraulic Power in Ottoman Syria: Water Mills and the Rural Economy of the Upper Orontes Valley -- PART IV. TRANSIENCE AND PERMANENCE: MOVEMENT AND MEMORY IN THE LANDSCAPE -- Chapter 9. The Architectural Legacy of the Seasonally Nomadic Ghurids -- Chapter 10. The Northern Jordan Project and the “Liquid Landscapes“ of Late Islamic Bilad al-Sham -- Chapter 11. “Presencing the Past“: A Case Study of Islamic Rural Burial Practices from the Homs Region, Syria -- Chapter 12. Sustaining Travel: The Economy of Medieval Stopping Places Across the Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan -- Conclusion. Some Reflections on Rural Islamic Landscapes -- Glossary -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Özet, vb.
Landscapes of the Islamic World presents new work by twelve authors on the archaeology, history, and ethnography of the Islamic world in the Middle East, the Arabian peninsula, and central Asia. The focus looks beyond the city to engage with the predominantly rural and pastoral character of premodern Islamic society.
Konu
Middle East--Rural conditions--History.
Electronic books.
Diğer Yazarlar
Wordsworth, Paul D.
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