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100	1		_aJohn P. Cooper
245	1	4	_aThe Medieval Nile: _bRoute, Navigation, and Landscape in Islamic Egypt
264		1	_aCairo; _aNew York: _bThe American University in Cairo Press, _c2014
300			_axvii, 421 p., _bill. (some color), maps (some color); _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 377-407) and index.
520	2		_a"An interdisciplinary study that draws together geography, historical navigation data, and eyewitness accounts into a comprehensive picture of one of the world's great rivers. This ground-breaking view of the navigational landscape of the Nile in medieval Egypt draws on a broad range of sources: medieval Arabic geographies; traveler accounts; archaeology; and meteorological, hydrological, and geological studies. John Cooper first charts the changing geography of the Nile waterways, particularly in the Delta, from the eve of Islam to the early modern period, and logs the 'rise and fall' of these waterways for natural and/or anthropogenic reasons. He then presents a new perspective on the Nile, drawing on traveler accounts and environmental data to portray the river as a uniquely challenging and sometimes dangerous navigational environment requiring extensive local knowledge by skilled and hard-working Nile navigators. Finally, he looks at how the main Delta and Red Sea ports of medieval Egypt fitted into the navigational landscape described, explaining how these ports were affected by changes occurring to the navigational landscape, and how they reflected the navigational conditions of the Nile and surrounding seas"--From the publisher.
650		0	_aNavigation _zNile River _xHistory
650		0	_aLandscape changes _zNile River region _xHistory
650		0	_aWaterways _zEgypt _xHistory
651		0	_aNile River _xHistory
651		0	_aNile River _xEnvironmental conditions
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _y1250-1517
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _y1517-1882
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-t.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014466245-b.html
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