Description: Further DetailsTitle: Ibn Fadlan and the Land of DarknessCondition: NewEAN: 9780140455076ISBN: 9780140455076Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/01/2011Language: EnglishItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 224gAuthor: Ibn FadlanTranslator: Caroline Stone, Paul LundeContributor: Caroline Stone (Translated by), Paul Lunde (Translated by)Subtitle: Arab Travellers in the Far NorthISBN-10: 0140455078Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Travel & TransportTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness
Title: Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness
EAN: 9780140455076
ISBN: 9780140455076
Release Date: 12/01/2011
Release Year: 2011
Translator: Paul Lunde
Contributor: Paul Lunde (Translated by)
Subtitle: Arab Travellers in the Far North
ISBN-10: 0140455078
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness : Arab Travellers in the Far North
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2012
Topic: Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Europe / Scandinavia, Asia / Central, Expeditions & Discoveries, Russia, Europe / Medieval
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, History
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Ibn Ibn Fadlan
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
