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A Physician on the Nile A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years.
Flora, fauna, and famine in thirteenth-century EgyptA Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence. Written by the polymath and physician ʻAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdād...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Letter from the General Editor
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Maps
- Note on the Text
- Notes to the Introduction
- A Physician on the Nile
- Introduction
- Part One, consisting of six chapters
- Part Two, consisting of three chapters
- Notes
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Typefaces
- Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
- About the Editor-Translator