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035			_a(OCoLC)ocn894784159
040			_cEG-CaGPL
082	0	4	_221 _a962 _bCC/C M
100	1		_aCooper, John P., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe medieval Nile : _broute, navigation, and landscape in Islamic Egypt / _cJohn P. Cooper.
264		1	_aCairo ; _aNew York : _bThe American University in Cairo Press, _c2014.
300			_axvii, 421 pages : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 377-407) and index.
520	2		_a"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.
648		7	_a1250 - 1882 _2fast
650		0	_aNavigation _zNile River _xHistory.
650		0	_aLandscape changes _zNile River Region _xHistory.
650		0	_aWaterways _zEgypt _xHistory.
650		7	_aNavigation. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01035085
651		0	_aNile River _xHistory.
651		0	_aNile River _xHistory _vSources.
651		0	_aNile River _xGeography.
651		0	_aNile River _xEnvironmental conditions.
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _y1250-1517.
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _y1517-1882.
651		7	_aEgypt. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01208755
651		7	_aNile River. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01242174
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
752			_aEgypt _dCairo.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-t.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-b.html
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