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130303s1995 njuab g b 001 0 eng d |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0691001707 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0691000328 (pbk) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691000329 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DSQC |
| Transcribing agency |
DSQC |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| 050 #0 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
VK99 |
| Item number |
.H687 1995 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hourani, George Fadlo. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval times / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
by George F. Hourani ; revised and expanded by John Carswell. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Princeton, N.J. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1995. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 189 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally thesis (doctoral) -- Princeton University. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-177) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
CHAPTER I. Trade routes in the pre-Islamic Era : Prehistory and Geography - The East before Alexander - The Persian Gulf in Hellenistic and Roman Times - The Red Sea in Hellenistic and Roman Times - The Sassanid and Byzantine between Persian Gulf - Appendix : Direct Sailing between the Persian Gulf and China in pre-Islamic Times -- CHAPTER II. Trade routes under the Caliphate : General Consequences of the Islamic Expansion - The Arabs on the Mediterranean - Persian and Arab Sea Trade with the Far East - East Africa and the Coasts of Africa - Later Times -- CHAPTER III. The ships : General Remarks - Hulls and Their Equipment - Masts and Sails - Navigation and Life at Sea - Appendix : Four Sea Stories -- Maps : I. The ancient Orient - II. The Middle East in Graeco-Roman times - III. The Middle East in the sixth century A. D. - IV. The Middle East and East Africa in Abbasid Times - V. The Far East as known to the Arabs - VI. The Indian Ocean today - VII. Lower Egypt - VIII. Recently excavated and other related sites. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Navigation |
| Geographic subdivision |
Arab countries |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Trade routes |
| Geographic subdivision |
Indian Ocean |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Commerce |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Medieval, 500-1500. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Commerce |
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History |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 500. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Indian Ocean |
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Navigation |
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History. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Carswell, John, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1931- |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
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Books |