Une waqfiyya du XVIIIe siècle à Alep : la waqfiyya d'Al Ḥāǧǧ Mūsā al-Amīrī /
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"P. IFD 118"--P. facing title pages.
Contains a complete reproduction of the Arabic text of the Waqfiyya al-Amirī (pages 109-157) :
207 pages, xx leaves of plates : illustrations, folded maps ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [93]-97) and index.
Ships of the desert and ships of the sea : Palmyra in the World Trade of the first three centuries CE /
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In the Roman period the world from the Atlantic Ocean to the East China Sea was tied together by ships and caravans carrying textiles, minerals, aromatics, and other valuable commodities across vast distances. In the span of three short centuries the Syrian city of Palmyra rose from unremarkable origins to assume a key role in this exchange, a position that eventually enabled her to, albeit unsuccessfully, take on the might of Rome herself. This first book-length survey of Palmyrene trade in almost four decades asks how this was possible for the people of a city that was neither on the shortest, nor on the easiest route between east and west. The study draws on the wealth of epigraphic, literary, and archaeological data handed down from the ancient city as well as the extensive scholarly tradition. This material is juxtaposed with information about the natural and geopolitical environment, ethnographic records, and network analysis, in order to explain the remarkable success of the cosmopolitan desert nomads of Palmyra.
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vii, 112 pages : 14 illustrations, 9 maps ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-106) and index. :
9783447107044
Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras IV : proceedings of the 9th and 10th International Colloquium organized at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in May 2000 an...
: IV. Proceedings of the 9th and 10th international colloquim organized at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in May 2000 and May 2001. : 1 vol. (496 p.) : ill., illustration ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9042915242