Routes and realms : the power of place in the early Islamic world /

This title explores the ways in which Muslims expressed attachment to land in formal texts from the ninth through the eleventh centuries. These texts reveal that territories were imagined specifically as homes, cities, and regions and acted as powerful categories of belonging in the early Islamic wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Antrim, Zayde (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Geography, Arab.
Geography > Philosophy.
Geography > Religious aspects > Islam.
Place attachment > Islamic Empire.
Géographie arabe.
Géographie > Philosophie.
Attachement à un lieu > Empire islamique.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Geography, Arab
Geography > Philosophy
Place attachment
Islamic Empire
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This title explores the ways in which Muslims expressed attachment to land in formal texts from the ninth through the eleventh centuries. These texts reveal that territories were imagined specifically as homes, cities, and regions and acted as powerful categories of belonging in the early Islamic world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 212 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199913886
0199913889
0199980179
9780199980178

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