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  2. Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world

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    Islamic geography began in the 8th century, influenced by Hellenistic geography, [2] combined with what explorers and merchants learned in their travels across the Old World (Afro-Eurasia). [1] Muslim scholars engaged in extensive exploration and navigation during the 9th-12th centuries, including journeys across the Muslim world, in addition ...

  3. Tabula Rogeriana - Wikipedia

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    Al-Idrisi's world map from 'Ali ibn Hasan al-Hufi al-Qasimi's 1456 copy. This is an example of the circular world maps inserted into the manuscript in later editions. The book, written in Arabic, is divided into seven "climatic zones" each of which is subdivided into ten sections. Each section is given its two-page spread map, for a total of 70 ...

  4. Cedid Atlas - Wikipedia

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    Cedid Atlas ( Ottoman Turkish: جديد اطلس, romanized : Atlas-ı Cedid, lit. 'New Atlas') was the first modern atlas produced in the Muslim world, printed and published in 1803 in Constantinople. The atlas was created by translating and adapting maps from William Faden 's General Atlas and the full title of the atlas reads as Cedid Atlas ...

  5. Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Ibn Khordadbeh) - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Roads and Kingdoms ( Arabic: كِتَاب ٱلْمَسَالِك وَٱلْمَمَالِك, romanized : Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik) is a 9th-century geography text written by the Persian geographer Ibn Khordadbeh. It maps and describes the major trade routes of the time within the Muslim world, and discusses distant trading ...

  6. List of Muslim states and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    After that Muslim dynasties rose; some of these dynasties established notable and prominent Muslim empires, such as the Umayyad Empire and later the Abbasid Empire, [1] [2] Ottoman Empire centered around Anatolia, the Safavid Empire of Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India. [citation needed]

  7. Piri Reis map - Wikipedia

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    Piri Reis map. The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Approximately one third of the map survives, housed in the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. When rediscovered in 1929, the remaining fragment garnered international attention as it includes a partial copy of an otherwise lost map by ...

  8. Ibn Hawqal - Wikipedia

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    ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī, born in Nisibis, Upper Mesopotamia; [ 1] was a 10th-century Arab [ 2] Muslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969. [ 3] His famous work, written in 977, is called Surat Al-Ard ( صورة الارض; "The face of the Earth"). The date of his death, known from his writings, was ...

  9. Islamic world contributions to Medieval Europe - Wikipedia

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    Islamic world contributions to Medieval Europe. A Christian and a Muslim playing chess, illustration from the Book of Games of Alfonso X (c. 1285). [ 1] During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was at its cultural peak, supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant.

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