Syrian Desert
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arabia
Arabia Petraea
Author_Christina Phelps Grant
Bedouin social structure
Caravan City
Caravan Leader
caravans
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Category=WTM
Commercial Caravans
company
deir
Deir Ez Zor
desert caravan commerce history
Desert Crossing
Desert Frontiers
DESERT ROUTE
early modern travel narratives
east
East India Company
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eq_history
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great
Great Caravan
Great Desert
historical postal systems
Honourable East India Company
Ibn Gubayr
Ibn Jubair
india
Jebel Druze
merchant
Merchant Caravans
Middle Eastern geography
North Western Arabia
Persian Gul
pilgrimage studies
Private Caravan
route
Secretary Of State
Syrian Desert
trans-Saharan trade routes
Vice Versa
Wadi Hauran
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780710308450
- Weight: 1030g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Oct 2007
- Publisher: Kegan Paul
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First Published in 2007, This historical survey written by a scholar and traveller gives the reader a well informed and readable account of an area of the world which has held and still holds a most significant geographical location in the Middle East - both culturally and commercially. Topics covered include - the bedouin trouble in the area, their origins and organization, ancient and medieval trade, early travellers, accounts of the important Altar of Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Al Wasera, the caravan, state, the 'hajj', and much more.
