ISBN:
9780520918788
,
0520918789
,
0585105642
,
9780585105642
,
9780520208025
,
0520208021
,
9780520208018
,
0520208013
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 214 pages)
,
Illustrations, maps
DDC:
302.2/244/096209021
Schlagwort(e):
Fatimiden
;
Geschichte 969-1171
;
Inschrift
;
Arabisch
;
Beschilderung
;
Kairo
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Electronic books History
Kurzfassung:
Explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language, as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. The author focuses on the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th-12th centuries, particularly Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index