The historical topography of Samarra /
The Historical Topography of Samarra sets out to explain the second capital of the Abbasid caliphs at Samarra, on the Tigris above Baghdad, in the period 836 to 892 AD, by an analysis of the archaeological site and the medieval Arabic texts which describe it. The volume defines for the first time th...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
مؤلفون مشاركون: ,
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة: English
منشور في:
London :
British School of Archaeology in Iraq ; Fondation Max van Berchem,
2007.
الطبعة: 2nd rev. ed.
سلاسل:
Samarra studies ;
1.
الموضوعات:
الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: DS79.9 .S3 N67 2007
| الملخص: | The Historical Topography of Samarra sets out to explain the second capital of the Abbasid caliphs at Samarra, on the Tigris above Baghdad, in the period 836 to 892 AD, by an analysis of the archaeological site and the medieval Arabic texts which describe it. The volume defines for the first time the nature of city construction by the Abbasid caliphs, one of the world powers of the time, and the foundation of modern Iraq. It is the first of a series of Samarra Studies." -- BOOK JACKET. |
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| وصف المادة: | "1st published in 2005"--T.p. verso. |
| وصف مادي: | 375 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ردمك: | 9780903472227 |