[PDF] Ibn Fadlan And The Land Of Darkness eBook

Author : Ibn Fadlan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 13,54 MB
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0141975040

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In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his subsequent report on his mission he gave a meticulous and astonishingly objective description of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion and sexual practices, as well as the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation. Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab travellers such as Ibn Fadlan journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Their fascinating accounts describe how the numerous tribes and peoples they encountered traded furs, paid tribute and waged wars. This accessible new translation offers an illuminating insight into the world of the Arab geographers, and the medieval lands of the far north.

Author : Sir John Mandeville
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 10,13 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199600600

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In his Book of Marvels and Travels, Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and on into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. A captivating blend of fact and fantasy, Mandeville's Book is newly translated in an edition that brings us closer to Mandeville's worldview.

Author : Ross E. Dunn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520243854

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Ross Dunn's classic retelling of the travels of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim of the 14th century.

Author : Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,6 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1479829757

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The earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic Mission to the Volga is a pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value. In its pages, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia. In this colorful documentary from the tenth century, the enigmatic Ibn Fadlan relates his experiences as part of an embassy sent by Caliph al-Muqtadir to deliver political and religious instruction to the recently-converted King of the Bulghars. During eleven months of grueling travel, Ibn Fadlan records the marvels he witnesses on his journey, including an aurora borealis and the white nights of the North. Crucially, he offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, body painting, and a striking account of a ship funeral. Together, these anecdotes illuminate a vibrant world of diversity during the heyday of the Abbasid Empire, narrated with as much curiosity and zeal as they were perceived by its observant beholder. An English-only edition.

Author : Usama ibn Munqidh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 25,74 MB
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0141919175

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The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.

Author : Masʻūdī
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Islamic Empire
ISBN : 9780141025353

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Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - and also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own.

Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 36,26 MB
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : Drama
ISBN :

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Classical Greek dramatic poetry and drama.

Author : Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,14 MB
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1479803502

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In its ports, we find a priceless cargo of information; here are the first foreign descriptions of tea and porcelain, a panorama of unusual social practices, cannibal islands, and Indian holy men--a marvelous, mundane world, contained in the compass of a novella. In Mission to the Volga, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia. This colorful documentary by Ibn Fadlan relates the trials and tribulations of an embassy of diplomats and missionaries sent by caliph al-Muqtadir to deliver political and religious instruction to the recently-converted King of the Bulghars. During eleven months of grueling travel, Ibn Fadlan records the marvels he witnesses on his journey, including an aurora borealis and the white nights of the North. Crucially, he offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, tattoos, and a striking account of a ship funeral.

Author : James Billington
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 2010-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0307765288

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"A sweeping, intricate description of Russian cultural history, spanning the pre-Romanov era through six centuries to the reign of Joseph Stalin. Flowing with ease through time and topic — from art to music, literature, philosophy, mythology and more — the book provides readers with an alluring portrayal of Russia’s proud heritage. Its impressive scope and lasting insights have made it a foundational text in Russian studies. In fact, it was this book, more than any other, that captured my imagination and propelled me toward the study of Russia and the Soviet Union." --Condoleezza Rice, The New York Times "A rich and readable introduction to the whole sweep of Russian cultural and intellectual history from Kievan times to the post-Khruschev era." - Library Journal Includes Illustrations, references, index.