Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Ibn Fadlan; Paul Lunde (Translator); Introduction by Paul Lunde
A fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing-in an important new translation.
Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Ibn Fadla-n's chronicles of his travels are one of the most important documents from the period, and this illuminating new translation offers insight into the world of the Arab geographers and the medieval lands of the far north. Based on an expedition to the upper Volga River in 922 AD, Ibn Fadla-n and the Land of Darkness provides a rare and valuable glimpse of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion, and sexual practices, including the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation.
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A fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing-in an important new translation.
Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Ibn Fadla-n's chronicles of his travels are one of the most important documents from the period, and this illuminating new translation offers insight into the world of the Arab geographers and the medieval lands of the far north. Based on an expedition to the upper Volga River in 922 AD, Ibn Fadla-n and the Land of Darkness provides a rare and valuable glimpse of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion, and sexual practices, including the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation.
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- Title Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
- Author Ibn Fadlan; Paul Lunde (Translator); Introduction by Paul Lunde
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London, United Kingdom
- Date 2012-01-31
- Features Bibliography, Maps
- ISBN 9780140455076 / 0140455078
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.8 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects Asia, Central - Description and travel, Volga River Region (Russia) - Description
- Dewey Decimal Code 914.740
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