The Syrian Desert

Caravans, Travel and Explorations

Christina Phelps Grant (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

470 Seiten

2007
Kegan Paul (Verlag)
978-0-7103-0845-0 (ISBN)

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First Published in 2007, This historical survey written by a scholar and traveller gives the reader a well informed and readable account of an area of the world which has held and still holds a most significant geographical location in the Middle East - both culturally and commercially. Topics covered include - the bedouin trouble in the area, their origins and organization, ancient and medieval trade, early travellers, accounts of the important Altar of Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Al Wasera, the caravan, state, the 'hajj', and much more.

Christina Phelps Grant

CHAPTER I: THE SYRIAN DESERT AND ITS INHABITANTS, CHAPTER II: CHANNELS OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TRADE, CHAPTER III: TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS OF THE SYRIAN DESERT, CHAPTER IV: THE MERCHANT CARAVANS, CHAPTER V: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TRAVEL· ACROSS THE DESERT, CHAPTER VI: PRIVATE CARAVANS OF THE GREAT DESERT ROUTE, CHAPTER VII: THE GREAT HAJJ CARAVANS, CHAPTER VIII: ELEVEN CENTURIES OF POSTAL SERVICE, CHAPTER IX: THE ERA OF MECHANICAL TRANSPORT, APPENDICES, INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.10.2007
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	1030 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Naher Osten
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7103-0845-0 / 0710308450
ISBN-13	978-0-7103-0845-0 / 9780710308450
Zustand	Neuware