2007, ISBN: 9788389899750

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Springer. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support the African Children's Educational Trust (A-CET). Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Through our work with A-CET we have helped give hundreds of young people in Africa the vital chance to get an education. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., Springer, Scarce paperback, 422 pages, NOT ex-library. Book looks unread, firmly bound, clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Straight uncreased spine. Minor wear to the tips of upper outer corners of a portion of leaves. Book shows a slight bend forward to its lower outer corners. ISBN sticker on the back. -- The main purpose of this study is to present the Muslim image of the world from the geographical point of view in the fields of cartography and cosmography, as well as geography, emerging from medieval Muslim sources. The author's aim is also to explore the links between Muslim thought in general and the geographical data in order to show how the Muslims integrated Islamic and geographical concepts to create a general and unified vision of the world. The Muslim image of the world is treated as a product of geographical science, and not merely as a product of religion. Thus, in addition to the chapters on the influence of Islam on geography, the main body of the text examines aspects of the image of the earth, oceans, seas, islands, rivers, and mountains. The study is based on a vast collection of original material covering a period from the 9th century and extending beyond the Middle Ages, through to the 17th century. It is almost entirely composed of oriental manuscript sources of Eastern origin, some hitherto unpublished, and comprises historical and literary writing, as well as marvel books and dictionaries. The text is illustrated with a few diagrams and maps. The rich Muslim intellectual heritage in the fields of cosmography, itinerary and astronomy contains a great number of works which preserve the ancient knowledge of such civilizations as the Greek, Roman, Persian, and Indian. Analogically, Muslim geography achieved its significance and intellectual maturing while embracing the ancient traditions of both the East & West. -- Contents: Introduction: Reference Works & Research Tools; Origin of the Geographical Muslim Images of the World [Establishment of Islamic Geography; Cosmography & Geography in Islamic Traditions; Doctrinal Preface in Muslim Geographical Works; Model of the Circle & Notion of the Sphericity of the Earth; Number Seven or the Legend of Septuaginta; Concept of the Legendary Gabal Qaf; Transmission of Classical Geographical Knowledge to the Arabs (Indian & Greek Influences)]; Quranic Stories & Their Influence on Islamic Geography [Conceptions of Ayn al-Hayat, Magma al-Bahrayn & Al-Barzah; Magma al-Bahrayn, Junction of the Two Seas & Barzah; Story of Gog & Magog & Du al-Qarnayn]; The Earth [Globular Shape, Gravitational Force & Universal Gravitation, Circumference, Measurement of Altitude Based on the Height of a Mountain, Measurement of the Radius; Geographical Division of the Earth: Into Two & Four Parts, Inhabited Quarter, Division of the Inhabited Quarter into Climes, Trigonometric Construction in Determining the Difference of Longitude]; Oceans [Islamic Tradition; Word Muhit; World & Indian Ocean; Question of Gabal an-Nadama & Connection between the Indian-Atlantic Oceans; Cape of Good Hope; Western Sea (Atlantic Ocean)]; Seas [Seven Seas & Islamic Tradition; Red Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Khazarian Sea (Caspian); Britanya (English Channel & North Sea); Varang (Baltic); Pontus & Maeotis (Black & Azov Seas)]; Islands & Archipelagos [Island of Men & Women; Island of Tuli; Islands of the Blest & Fortunate Islands or Islands of Happiness; Islands of Sila; Problem of Waqwaq Islands]; Rivers [In Quran & Tradition; Nile; India; Kur (Cyrus); Oxus & Jaxartes; Itil (Volga)]; Mountains [Term Gabal: Its Meaning & Etymology; Quran & Traditions; Mountain of Sarandib; Mount Sinai; Al-Gudi; Ar-Raqim]; Scientific Approach for the Function of Mountains [Al-Qumr; Daran (Atlas Mountains); Alps Range; Pyrenees; Ural; Taurus; Caucasus]; Islamic World Map [World Map & Islamic Cartography; Islamic World Map of Al-Ma'mun; Technical Information; Al-Mu'iz's; Al-Idrisi's]; Annexes Dr Ahmad Nazmi is assistant professor in the Oriental Institute of Warsaw University., Academic Publishing House Dialog, 2007<

2007, ISBN: 9788389899750

Scarce paperback, 422 pages, NOT ex-library. Book looks unread, firmly bound, clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Straight uncreased spine. Mi… More...

Scarce paperback, 422 pages, NOT ex-library. Book looks unread, firmly bound, clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Straight uncreased spine. Minor wear to the tips of upper outer corners of a portion of leaves. Book shows a slight bend forward to its lower outer corners. ISBN sticker on the back. -- The main purpose of this study is to present the Muslim image of the world from the geographical point of view in the fields of cartography and cosmography, as well as geography, emerging from medieval Muslim sources. The author's aim is also to explore the links between Muslim thought in general and the geographical data in order to show how the Muslims integrated Islamic and geographical concepts to create a general and unified vision of the world. The Muslim image of the world is treated as a product of geographical science, and not merely as a product of religion. Thus, in addition to the chapters on the influence of Islam on geography, the main body of the text examines aspects of the image of the earth, oceans, seas, islands, rivers, and mountains. The study is based on a vast collection of original material covering a period from the 9th century and extending beyond the Middle Ages, through to the 17th century. It is almost entirely composed of oriental manuscript sources of Eastern origin, some hitherto unpublished, and comprises historical and literary writing, as well as marvel books and dictionaries. The text is illustrated with a few diagrams and maps. The rich Muslim intellectual heritage in the fields of cosmography, itinerary and astronomy contains a great number of works which preserve the ancient knowledge of such civilizations as the Greek, Roman, Persian, and Indian. Analogically, Muslim geography achieved its significance and intellectual maturing while embracing the ancient traditions of both the East & West. -- Contents: Introduction: Reference Works & Research Tools; Origin of the Geographical Muslim Images of the World [Establishment of Islamic Geography; Cosmography & Geography in Islamic Traditions; Doctrinal Preface in Muslim Geographical Works; Model of the Circle & Notion of the Sphericity of the Earth; Number Seven or the Legend of Septuaginta; Concept of the Legendary Gabal Qaf; Transmission of Classical Geographical Knowledge to the Arabs (Indian & Greek Influences)]; Quranic Stories & Their Influence on Islamic Geography [Conceptions of Ayn al-Hayat, Magma al-Bahrayn & Al-Barzah; Magma al-Bahrayn, Junction of the Two Seas & Barzah; Story of Gog & Magog & Du al-Qarnayn]; The Earth [Globular Shape, Gravitational Force & Universal Gravitation, Circumference, Measurement of Altitude Based on the Height of a Mountain, Measurement of the Radius; Geographical Division of the Earth: Into Two & Four Parts, Inhabited Quarter, Division of the Inhabited Quarter into Climes, Trigonometric Construction in Determining the Difference of Longitude]; Oceans [Islamic Tradition; Word Muhit; World & Indian Ocean; Question of Gabal an-Nadama & Connection between the Indian-Atlantic Oceans; Cape of Good Hope; Western Sea (Atlantic Ocean)]; Seas [Seven Seas & Islamic Tradition; Red Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Khazarian Sea (Caspian); Britanya (English Channel & North Sea); Varang (Baltic); Pontus & Maeotis (Black & Azov Seas)]; Islands & Archipelagos [Island of Men & Women; Island of Tuli; Islands of the Blest & Fortunate Islands or Islands of Happiness; Islands of Sila; Problem of Waqwaq Islands]; Rivers [In Quran & Tradition; Nile; India; Kur (Cyrus); Oxus & Jaxartes; Itil (Volga)]; Mountains [Term Gabal: Its Meaning & Etymology; Quran & Traditions; Mountain of Sarandib; Mount Sinai; Al-Gudi; Ar-Raqim]; Scientific Approach for the Function of Mountains [Al-Qumr; Daran (Atlas Mountains); Alps Range; Pyrenees; Ural; Taurus; Caucasus]; Islamic World Map [World Map & Islamic Cartography; Islamic World Map of Al-Ma'mun; Technical Information; Al-Mu'iz's; Al-Idrisi's]; Annexes Dr Ahmad Nazmi is assistant professor in the Oriental Institute of Warsaw University., Academic Publishing House Dialog, 2007<

ISBN: 8389899752

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[SR: 6161605], Paperback, [EAN: 9788389899750], Dialog, Dialog, Book, [PU: Dialog], Dialog, The main purpose of this study is to present the Muslim image of the world from the geographical point of view in the fields of cartography and cosmography, as well as geography, emerging from medieval Muslim sources. The author's aim is also to explore the links between Muslim thought in general and the geographical data in order to show how the Muslims integrated Islamic and geographical concepts to create a general and unified vision of the world. The Muslim image of the world is treated as a product of geographical science, and not merely as a product of religion. Thus, in addition to the chapters on the influence of Islam on geography, the main body of the text examines aspects of the image of the earth, oceans, seas, islands, rivers, and mountains. The study is based on a vast collection of original material covering a period from the 9th century and extending beyond the Middle Ages, through to the 17th century. It is almost entirely composed of oriental manuscript sources of Eastern origin, some hitherto unpublished, and, not restricted only to geographical and cosmographical works, comprises historical and literary writing, as well as marvel books and dictionaries. The text is illustrated by a few diagrams and maps. Some of them have been drawn from old Muslim geographical and cosmographical volumes, while others, especially the maps, have been compiled with reference to these sources. The rich Muslim intellectual heritage in the fields of cosmography, itinerary and astronomy contains a great number of works which preserve the ancient knowledge of such civilizations as the Greek, Roman, Persian, and Indian. Analogically, Muslim geography achieved its significance and intellectual maturing while embracing the ancient traditions of both the East and the West. Dr Ahmad Nazmi is assistant professor in the Oriental Institute of Warsaw University., 9, History, 4762, Africa, 4808, Americas, 16252761, Arctic & Antarctica, 4884, Asia, 4921, Australia & Oceania, 4935, Europe, 4995, Middle East, 5032, Russia, 4853, United States, 5035, World, 4873, Ancient Civilizations, 5011, Military, 4987, Historical Study & Educational Resources, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 16244611, Historic, 13602, Geography, 13592, Earth Sciences, 75, Science & Math, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 8389899752

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Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9788389899750], Dialog, Dialog, Book, [PU: Dialog], Dialog, The main purpose of this study is to present the Muslim image of the world from the geographical point of view in the fields of cartography and cosmography, as well as geography, emerging from medieval Muslim sources. The author's aim is also to explore the links between Muslim thought in general and the geographical data in order to show how the Muslims integrated Islamic and geographical concepts to create a general and unified vision of the world. The Muslim image of the world is treated as a product of geographical science, and not merely as a product of religion. Thus, in addition to the chapters on the influence of Islam on geography, the main body of the text examines aspects of the image of the earth, oceans, seas, islands, rivers, and mountains. The study is based on a vast collection of original material covering a period from the 9th century and extending beyond the Middle Ages, through to the 17th century. It is almost entirely composed of oriental manuscript sources of Eastern origin, some hitherto unpublished, and, not restricted only to geographical and cosmographical works, comprises historical and literary writing, as well as marvel books and dictionaries. The text is illustrated by a few diagrams and maps. Some of them have been drawn from old Muslim geographical and cosmographical volumes, while others, especially the maps, have been compiled with reference to these sources. The rich Muslim intellectual heritage in the fields of cosmography, itinerary and astronomy contains a great number of works which preserve the ancient knowledge of such civilizations as the Greek, Roman, Persian, and Indian. Analogically, Muslim geography achieved its significance and intellectual maturing while embracing the ancient traditions of both the East and the West. Dr Ahmad Nazmi is assistant professor in the Oriental Institute of Warsaw University., 65140011, Geschichte, 65141011, Afrika, 65383011, Altertum, 65196011, Amerika, 65622011, Arktis & Antarktis, 65400011, Asien, 65450011, Australien & Ozeanien, 65458011, Europa, 65538011, Historische Forschung, 65567011, Militär, 65621011, Militärwissenschaft, 65550011, Nahost, 65449011, Russland, 65597011, Weltgeschichte, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<