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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Palace Gardens in Lower Mesopotamia: 8th to 11th Centuries

Palace Gardens in Lower Mesopotamia: 8th to 11th Centuries

Mahmoudian, Safa

Hardcover

Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art

Architecture HistoryLandscape ArchitectureMiddle Eastern Art

ISBN10: 1399524259
ISBN13: 9781399524254
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Nov 30 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.95
Height: 1.30 Width: 7.10 Depth: 9.80
Language: English

Gardens were both a setting and showcase for nearly every aspect of social and daily life at the royal court during the early Islamic period in Western Asia. Safa Mahmoudian uses a wide range of primary source materials including contemporary Arabic manuscripts, together with archaeological reports, aerial photographs, and archaeologists' letters and diaries. Through close readings of this evidence, Mahmoudian creates a picture of these gardens in their historical, architectural and environmental contexts and examines various factors that influenced their design and placement. In doing so, Mahmoudian adds to our understanding of these gardens and palaces and, ultimately, early Islamic-period court culture as a whole.

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