Handbuch der Orientalistik [Elektronisk resurs] Abt. 1 Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten = The Near and Middle East. Bd 92 Classic ships of islam : from Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean / by Dionisius Agius.

• Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Transliteration System -- Note -- Part One -- Chapter One A Journey into the Past -- Part Two -- Chapter Two Early Maritime Contacts -- Chapter Three Trade and Port Towns of the Classical and Medieval Islamic Period -- Part Three -- Chapter Four Primitive Boats and Bronze Age Construction Features: Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf -- Chapter Five Construction Features of Perso-Arabian and West Indian Ships in Medieval Islam -- Part Four -- Chapter Six Seamanship -- Chapter Seven The Ship at Sea: Trade and Hajj. 
• Chapter Eight The Ship at Sea: Naval Incursions -- Part Five -- Chapter Nine General Boat and Ship-Terms -- Chapter Ten Classic Ships -- Chapter Eleven River Boats and Deep-Sea Vessels: Types and Functions -- Chapter Twelve Warships and Transport Vessels -- Part Six -- Chapter Thirteen Language and Culture Contact: Terminology and Technology -- Appendices -- Glossary and Index of General and Maritime Terms -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- List of Illustrations, Tables, Figures and Maps -- Main Index. 

• This book charts the development of Islamic ships and boats in the Western Indian Ocean from the seventh to the early sixteenth century with reference to earlier periods. It utilizes mainly Classical and Medieval Arabic literary sources with iconographical evidence and archaeological finds. The interdependence of various trading activities in the region resulted in a cross fertilization, not only of goods but also of ideas and culture which gave an underlying cohesion to the Arabian, Persian and Indian maritime peoples. This study has led to a re-evaluation of that maritime culture, showing that it was predominantly Persian and Indian, with Chinese influence, throughout the Islamic period until the coming of the Portuguese, as reflected in nautical terminology and technology. 

Ämnesord

Fartyg  -- historia -- Mellanöstern (sao)

Båtar  -- historia -- Mellanöstern (sao)

Boats and boating -- Middle East -- History. 

Indian Ocean -- Navigation -- History. 

Navigation -- Middle East -- History. 

Ships -- Middle East -- History. 

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Electronic books.  (LCSH)

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