Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 85, part 6)

Contents: Section 1: The Geographical Concepts: Boundaries in Arabo—Islamic Cartography; and Boundaries in the Arabo—Islamic Geographic and Historical Texts; Section 2: Travelers’ Experiences at Internal Boundaries, the Area Concept in Arabo—Islamic Geography, and the Relation of Zone—Boundaries to Basic Tenets of Arabo—Islamic Culture; Boundaries in the Writings of Travelers in the Islamic Empire; The Concept of Area in Muslim Geographic Thought; and Boundary Characteristics as a Consequen...