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The fortress of the raven : Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100 -1650) /
Textual and archaeological sources are employed to reconstruct the history of Karak in Jordan, 1100-1650 CE. The book establishes the ways in which the construction of a major castle at Karak affected the town and the surrounding rural hinterland.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Islamic history and civilization ;
v. 72. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Notes; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Chapter One Introduction; The Karak Plateau; Settlement patterns and the Archaeological Record; Methodology and Chapter Outline; PART ONE THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF KARAK IN THE MIDDLE ISLAMIC PERIOD; Chapter Two The Political History of Karak; Chapter Three Administration and Architectural Patronage in Karak and its Dependent Regions; Chapter Four Economic Survey of Karak and its Dependent Regions; Chapter Five Summary of the Historical Evidence; PART TWO THE MIDDLE ISLAMIC CERAMICS FROM KARAK; Chapter Six Unglazed Ceramics.