03152cam a2200481 i 4500 18548896 OSt 20240530110620.0 150331s2014 ua ab b 001 0 eng d 9789774166143 9774166140 (OCoLC)ocn894784159 EG-CaGPL 21 962 CC/C M Cooper, John P., author. The medieval Nile : route, navigation, and landscape in Islamic Egypt / John P. Cooper. Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014. xvii, 421 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-407) and index. "An interdisciplinary study that draws together geography, historical navigation data, and eyewitness accounts into a comprehensive picture of one of the world's great rivers. This ground-breaking view of the navigational landscape of the Nile in medieval Egypt draws on a broad range of sources: medieval Arabic geographies; traveler accounts; archaeology; and meteorological, hydrological, and geological studies. John Cooper first charts the changing geography of the Nile waterways, particularly in the Delta, from the eve of Islam to the early modern period, and logs the 'rise and fall' of these waterways for natural and/or anthropogenic reasons. He then presents a new perspective on the Nile, drawing on traveler accounts and environmental data to portray the river as a uniquely challenging and sometimes dangerous navigational environment requiring extensive local knowledge by skilled and hard-working Nile navigators. Finally, he looks at how the main Delta and Red Sea ports of medieval Egypt fitted into the navigational landscape described, explaining how these ports were affected by changes occurring to the navigational landscape, and how they reflected the navigational conditions of the Nile and surrounding seas"--From the publisher. 1250 - 1882 fast Navigation Nile River History. Landscape changes Nile River Region History. Waterways Egypt History. Navigation. fast (OCoLC)fst01035085 Nile River History. Nile River History Sources. Nile River Geography. Nile River Environmental conditions. Egypt History 1250-1517. Egypt History 1517-1882. Egypt. fast (OCoLC)fst01208755 Nile River. fast (OCoLC)fst01242174 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Egypt Cairo. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-t.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-b.html ddc BK 63036 63036 0 0 ddc 0 0 CAI CAI CAIRO-LIBRARY 2016-12-18 0 962 CC/C M 162982 2016-12-18 00:00:00 2016-12-18 BK