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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness
- Arab Travellers in the Far North
Engelsk Paperback
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness
- Arab Travellers in the Far North
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
304
ISBN-13:
9780140455076
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0140455078
Udg. Dato:
1 dec 2011
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
131mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 dec 2011
Forfatter(e):
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