ISBN:
0714649279
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0714644870
Language:
English
Pages:
XX, 256, [24] Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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24 cm
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
Cass series, history and society in the Islamic world
DDC:
303.48/3/0917671
Keywords:
Islamic civilization / Congresses
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Civilization, Western / Islamic influences / Congresses
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Islam and science / Congresses
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Alltag, Brauchtum
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Civilization, Western Congresses Islamic influences
;
Islam and science Congresses
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Islamic civilization Congresses
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Islam
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Technologie
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Wissenschaft
;
Kultur
;
Handwerk
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Gesellschaft
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Islamic countries / Social life and customs / Congresses
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Islamic countries Congresses Social life and customs
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Zentralasien
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Naher Osten
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Konferenzschrift 1990
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Konferenzschrift 1990
;
Naher Osten
;
Islam
;
Kultur
;
Wissenschaft
;
Technologie
;
Gesellschaft
;
Handwerk
;
Zentralasien
;
Islam
;
Kultur
;
Gesellschaft
;
Wissenschaft
;
Technologie
;
Handwerk
Description / Table of Contents:
Arab and Islamic contributions to European civilization / Rifaat Y. Ebied -- TB and its treatment in medieval Islam / J. Derek Latham -- Al-Tibb al-Nabawi : the prophet's medicine / Ghada Karmi -- Early Arabic cuisine : the evidence from medieval Arabic medical texts / Ghada Karmi -- Science and technology in Islamic building construction / Donald R. Hill -- Wind and watermills in Iran and Afghanistan / Michael Harverson -- Pigeon towers and ice-houses on the Iranian plateau / Elisabeth Beazley -- Sustainable buildings : Middle Eastern traditional systems for the future / Susan Roaf --From the Rashîdîya to the Ordos : in search of early Mongol tents / Peter Alford Andrews -- Material culture of pastoral nomads : reflections based on Arab and Afghan materials / Klaus Ferdinand -- Looms, carpets and talims / Jon Thompson -- The survival of the bazaar economy in Iran and the contemporary Middle East / Keith McLachlan -- The political significance of the bazaar in Iran / Mahmoud Abdullahzadeh -- The impact of oil wealth on traditional technologies in rural Oman / Roderic W. Dutton
Note:
Series statement on jacket
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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