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Shipping, trade and crusade in the medieval Mediterranean
| Publication Type | Book | |
| Year of Publication | 2012 | |
| Authors | Ruthy Gertwagen and Elizabeth Jeffreys | |
| Publisher | Ashgate publishing limited | |
| Key Words | Fatimid; Mediterranean; Europe; Mecca Madina | |
| Abstract | The fatimids were an imperial power of worldwide interests and broad horizons. In the dynastic tomb inside the palace complex in Cairo there once hung a silk map of the world which depicted towns, mountains, seas, rivers and forts including the map of Mecca and Medina. |
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| Coptic_rebellions.pdf | 1 MB |
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