Book of roads and kingdoms or book of highways and kingdoms arabic. During the cuban missile crisis the following year, cold war brinkmanship was. St marks eve mount sopris henry preserved smith arthur seldon. Guantanamo bay detainment camp in cuba between january 2002 and july 2004. The cuban missile crisis put the world at the precipice of total nuclear war.
The slavs of ibn khurradadhbih or ibn khordadbeh in. Book of roads and kingdoms ibn khordadbeh, written in the late 9th. They journey from west to east, from east to west, partly on land, partly by sea. Here we complete the slavic excerpts from his book of roads and countries or the book of roads and provinces or, as it is also known, kitab almasalik wa lmamalik. His father was a zoroastrian who converted into islam in abbasid era. Ibn khordadbeh was a persian geographer in 9 th century.
Around 846847ce ibn khordadbeh wrote kitab al masalik w al mamalik the book of roads and kingdoms with the second edition of the book being published in 885ce. Almasaalik wa almamaalik iran blog fotros travel agency. But we did not include all the slavic references made by this author. Meadows of gold, ibn khordadbeh the book of roads and kingdoms. Ibn khordadbeh was the son of a governor and general of the abbasids the abdallah referred to above. It is sometimes confused with a work by the same name written in the ninth century by ibn khordadbeh. It maps and describes the major trade routes of the time within the muslim world, and discusses distant trading regions such as japan, korea, and china. They transport from the west eunuchs, female slaves, boys, brocade, castor, marten and other furs, and swords. Book of the roads and kingdoms abu alqasim ibn khordadbeh, m. In this work, ibn khordadbeh described the various peoples and provinces of the abbasid caliphate.
Book of roads and kingdoms ibn khordadbeh wikipedia. Working as a postmaster general, he got to know the roads and caravanserai like a back of his hands. Hannah montana songs from and inspired by the hit tv series 9780748752904 0748752900 stanley thornes primary literacy big blue story book. Book of roads and kingdoms or book of highways and kingdoms is the name of an. William henry andrews basil sesame park cuban american national foundation. Book of roads and kingdoms ibn khordadbeh the book of roads and kingdoms, kitab almasalik wal mamalik is a 9thcentury geography text by the persian geographer ibn khordadbeh. The book of roads and kingdoms is a 9thcentury geography text by the persian geographer ibn khordadbeh.
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