The fortress of the raven : Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100 -1650) /

Name: The fortress of the raven : Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100 -1650) /
Author: Milwright, Marcus.

Title	The fortress of the raven : Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100 -1650) /
Author	Milwright, Marcus.
Publication Date:	2008
Publication Place	Boston - Brill
Subject	Ayyubids > History. \| Civilization, Islamic. \| Mamelukes > History. \| Karak (Jordan : Province) > History.
Type	Book
Language	English
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID	Unknown
Record ID	40490
Library Location	ARCE Library
Date	2008
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-432) and index. \| In c.1142 work started on the construction of a major castle in the southern Jordanian town of Karak. The largest of a network of fortifications, Karak castle became the administrative centre of an important Crusader lordship. After 1188 Karak and its territories were incorporated into the Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman sultanates. This book traces the history of Karak and the surrounding lands during the Middle Islamic period (c.1100-1650 CE). The book offers an innovative methodology, combining primary textual sources (in Latin and Arabic) with archaeological data (principally the ceramic record) as a means to reconstruct the fluctuating economic relations between Karak and other regions of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.
Sample Text	In c.1142 work started on the construction of a major castle in the southern Jordanian town of Karak. The largest of a network of fortifications, Karak castle became the administrative centre of an important Crusader lordship. After 1188 Karak and its territories were incorporated into the Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman sultanates. This book traces the history of Karak and the surrounding lands during the Middle Islamic period (c.1100-1650 CE). The book offers an innovative methodology, combining primary textual sources (in Latin and Arabic) with archaeological data (principally the ceramic record) as a means to reconstruct the fluctuating economic relations between Karak and other regions of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.
Erişim	Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Seri	Islamic History and Civilization72.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004223035.

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The fortress of the raven : Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100 -1650) /

Author Milwright, Marcus.

Publication Date 2008

Publication Place Boston - Brill

Subject Ayyubids > History. | Civilization, Islamic. | Mamelukes > History. | Karak (Jordan : Province) > History.

Type Book

Language English

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE

Library Asset ID Unknown

Record ID 40490

Library Location ARCE Library

Date 2008

Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-432) and index. | In c.1142 work started on the construction of a major castle in the southern Jordanian town of Karak. The largest of a network of fortifications, Karak castle became the administrative centre of an important Crusader lordship. After 1188 Karak and its territories were incorporated into the Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman sultanates. This book traces the history of Karak and the surrounding lands during the Middle Islamic period (c.1100-1650 CE). The book offers an innovative methodology, combining primary textual sources (in Latin and Arabic) with archaeological data (principally the ceramic record) as a means to reconstruct the fluctuating economic relations between Karak and other regions of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.

Sample Text In c.1142 work started on the construction of a major castle in the southern Jordanian town of Karak. The largest of a network of fortifications, Karak castle became the administrative centre of an important Crusader lordship. After 1188 Karak and its territories were incorporated into the Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman sultanates. This book traces the history of Karak and the surrounding lands during the Middle Islamic period (c.1100-1650 CE). The book offers an innovative methodology, combining primary textual sources (in Latin and Arabic) with archaeological data (principally the ceramic record) as a means to reconstruct the fluctuating economic relations between Karak and other regions of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.

Erişim Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Seri Islamic History and Civilization72.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004223035.