Palace Gardens in Lower Mesopotamia: 8th to 11th Centuries

Gardens were both a setting and showcase for nearly every aspect of social and daily life at the royal court during the early Islamic period in Western Asia. Safa Mahmoudian uses ‎a wide range of ‎primary source materials including ‎‎contemporary ‎‎Arabic manuscripts, together with archaeological ‎reports, aerial ‎photographs, and archaeologists’ letters ‎and diaries.‎ ‎Through close readings of this evidence, Mahmoudian creates a picture of these gardens in their historical, architectural ...