African Landings
Egypt and Sinai as Seen by Medieval European and Arab Travellers (4thā15th Centuries)
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African Landings
Egypt and Sinai as Seen by Medieval European and Arab Travellers (4thā15th Centuries)
About this book
This book seeks to break free from Eurocentric historical perspectives of medieval-era travel through Egypt and Sinai by focusing on the testimonies of 4th to 15th-century travellers from the African continent, especially pilgrim diaries from the Arab Muslim Egyptian world.
Humanity's past is the story of movements by peoples who reshaped and redefined their identity and reported their impressions to a gradually diversified publicāmigratory currents that transported not just goods but ideas, intellect, culture and inventions. Focusing on Egypt in the Middle Agesāits cities, its suburbs and hinterland, and the many faces of its landscapeācan provide us with answers to topical issues, as well as a new and better understanding of Levantine Mediterranean history. These diaries tell of objects, calendars, written works and artworks, sculptures, frescoes, monuments, musical instruments, animals, foodstuffs, and finally, of material and immaterial heritagesāall valuable sources for understanding world history and posing questions about their, and our own, preconceptions.
This volume will be of interest to students, scholars, and general readers of medieval history, Mediterranean history, travel history, and religious history.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Endorsements Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The reasons behind a choice
- 1 Geographical space
- 2 Human space
- 3 Time frames of history and sacred places
- 4 Between the daily life and the marvelous
- Conclusions: New political outlook onto the eastern mediterranean coastline
- Appendix: Chronology of the history of egypt, with mediterranean views: Indication of travellers who reached the country and are mentioned in the volume
- References
- Index