Author
Haug, Brendan, author.
Publication Date
2024
Publication Place
Ann Arbor, Michigan -
University of Michigan Press
Subject
Irrigation -- Egypt -- History, Irrigation -- Egypt -- Management -- History, Fayyūm (Egypt : Province) -- History
Type
Book
Language
ara,ell,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID
ISBN : 9780472904402, ISBN : 047290440X, OCLC : (OCoLC)1417149501, ISBN : 9780472133529, ISBN : 0472133527
Record ID
alma9933317750803768
Library Location
See online access
Date
2024
Notes
Text in English; passages in Arabic and Ancient Greek with English translation., Title from eBook information screen.., Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser., Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index.
Sample Text
• Intro
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Maps
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Aids for Reader
• Note on the Transliteration and Translation
• Introduction: From Water, Everything
• Chapter 1. Capturing the Flood
• Chapter 2. Hybrid Landscapes
• Chapter 3. Governing Flow
• Chapter 4. Communities of Flow
• Chapter 5. The Tail End
• Conclusion: Not Static but Flowing
• Appendix: English translation of al-Maqrīzī (1364-1442) on the canals and villages of the Fayyūm, containing an epitome of Abū Isḥāq's description of its irrigation system (1031 CE)
• Bibliography
• Index Toporum
• Index Verborum.
Baskı
1st ed.
Seri
New Texts from Ancient Cultures, New texts from ancient cultures.
