Moving in the Margins: Desert Travel and Power in Medieval Central Asia
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Moving in the Margins: Desert Travel and Power in Medieval Central Asia
Wordsworth, Paul D.
Brill
10/2024
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Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Transliteration, Transcription, and Dates in the Text
1 Introduction
?1?Questions for Understanding Movement
?2?The Layout of this Volume
?3?Travel, Routes, Power, and Boundaries
2 Traditions of Travel and the Origins of Road Networks in the Eastern Islamic World
?1?Pre-Islamic Travel and Trade in Central Asia
?2?Approaching Late Antiquity
?3?The Arrival of Islam in Khurasan and Transoxania, and the Establishment of Routes across the Karakum Desert
?4?Beyond the Medieval Period
3 Black Sands: the Landscape of the Karakum Past and Present
?1?Physical Geography
?2?Climate
?3?Flora
?4?Water
?5?Surveying the Karakum Landscape
?6?Further Analysis
4 Defining the Architecture of Desert Travel
?1?Large Architectural Remains: 'Caravanserai', 'Khan', or 'Riba?'?
?2?Smaller Architectural Sites: Towers to Sardobas
?3?The Built Remains as a Corpus
5 Moving Material Culture
?1?Ceramic Forms
?2?Unglazed Ceramic Wares
?3?Glazed Ceramics
?4?Ceramics as a Chronological Indicator
?5?Ceramics as a Functional Indicator
?6?Ceramic Distribution and the Origins of Wares
?7?Stone
?8?Semi-precious Stones
?9?Glass
?10?Metal
6 Modelling Landscapes of Movement
?1?A GIS Approach to Pathways
?2?Friction and Cost Surfaces
?3?The Lure of Water - Weighted Analyses
?4?Visible Tracks - Remote Sensing and Digitization
?5?Historical Cartographic Comparisons
?6?Material Comparisons - How Does the Survey Support the Geographical Modelling and Cartographic Evidence?
?7?Paths, Chronology, and Movement in the Desert
7 Rethinking Routes - from Roads of Silk to the Threads of Networks
?1?Securing Travellers
?2?Sustaining Travellers
?3?Controlling Travellers: Power, Ideology, and Desert Travel
?4?A Model of Travel Peculiar to Deserts? Particular to the Islamic World?
?5?Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Transliteration, Transcription, and Dates in the Text
1 Introduction
?1?Questions for Understanding Movement
?2?The Layout of this Volume
?3?Travel, Routes, Power, and Boundaries
2 Traditions of Travel and the Origins of Road Networks in the Eastern Islamic World
?1?Pre-Islamic Travel and Trade in Central Asia
?2?Approaching Late Antiquity
?3?The Arrival of Islam in Khurasan and Transoxania, and the Establishment of Routes across the Karakum Desert
?4?Beyond the Medieval Period
3 Black Sands: the Landscape of the Karakum Past and Present
?1?Physical Geography
?2?Climate
?3?Flora
?4?Water
?5?Surveying the Karakum Landscape
?6?Further Analysis
4 Defining the Architecture of Desert Travel
?1?Large Architectural Remains: 'Caravanserai', 'Khan', or 'Riba?'?
?2?Smaller Architectural Sites: Towers to Sardobas
?3?The Built Remains as a Corpus
5 Moving Material Culture
?1?Ceramic Forms
?2?Unglazed Ceramic Wares
?3?Glazed Ceramics
?4?Ceramics as a Chronological Indicator
?5?Ceramics as a Functional Indicator
?6?Ceramic Distribution and the Origins of Wares
?7?Stone
?8?Semi-precious Stones
?9?Glass
?10?Metal
6 Modelling Landscapes of Movement
?1?A GIS Approach to Pathways
?2?Friction and Cost Surfaces
?3?The Lure of Water - Weighted Analyses
?4?Visible Tracks - Remote Sensing and Digitization
?5?Historical Cartographic Comparisons
?6?Material Comparisons - How Does the Survey Support the Geographical Modelling and Cartographic Evidence?
?7?Paths, Chronology, and Movement in the Desert
7 Rethinking Routes - from Roads of Silk to the Threads of Networks
?1?Securing Travellers
?2?Sustaining Travellers
?3?Controlling Travellers: Power, Ideology, and Desert Travel
?4?A Model of Travel Peculiar to Deserts? Particular to the Islamic World?
?5?Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Transliteration, Transcription, and Dates in the Text
1 Introduction
?1?Questions for Understanding Movement
?2?The Layout of this Volume
?3?Travel, Routes, Power, and Boundaries
2 Traditions of Travel and the Origins of Road Networks in the Eastern Islamic World
?1?Pre-Islamic Travel and Trade in Central Asia
?2?Approaching Late Antiquity
?3?The Arrival of Islam in Khurasan and Transoxania, and the Establishment of Routes across the Karakum Desert
?4?Beyond the Medieval Period
3 Black Sands: the Landscape of the Karakum Past and Present
?1?Physical Geography
?2?Climate
?3?Flora
?4?Water
?5?Surveying the Karakum Landscape
?6?Further Analysis
4 Defining the Architecture of Desert Travel
?1?Large Architectural Remains: 'Caravanserai', 'Khan', or 'Riba?'?
?2?Smaller Architectural Sites: Towers to Sardobas
?3?The Built Remains as a Corpus
5 Moving Material Culture
?1?Ceramic Forms
?2?Unglazed Ceramic Wares
?3?Glazed Ceramics
?4?Ceramics as a Chronological Indicator
?5?Ceramics as a Functional Indicator
?6?Ceramic Distribution and the Origins of Wares
?7?Stone
?8?Semi-precious Stones
?9?Glass
?10?Metal
6 Modelling Landscapes of Movement
?1?A GIS Approach to Pathways
?2?Friction and Cost Surfaces
?3?The Lure of Water - Weighted Analyses
?4?Visible Tracks - Remote Sensing and Digitization
?5?Historical Cartographic Comparisons
?6?Material Comparisons - How Does the Survey Support the Geographical Modelling and Cartographic Evidence?
?7?Paths, Chronology, and Movement in the Desert
7 Rethinking Routes - from Roads of Silk to the Threads of Networks
?1?Securing Travellers
?2?Sustaining Travellers
?3?Controlling Travellers: Power, Ideology, and Desert Travel
?4?A Model of Travel Peculiar to Deserts? Particular to the Islamic World?
?5?Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Transliteration, Transcription, and Dates in the Text
1 Introduction
?1?Questions for Understanding Movement
?2?The Layout of this Volume
?3?Travel, Routes, Power, and Boundaries
2 Traditions of Travel and the Origins of Road Networks in the Eastern Islamic World
?1?Pre-Islamic Travel and Trade in Central Asia
?2?Approaching Late Antiquity
?3?The Arrival of Islam in Khurasan and Transoxania, and the Establishment of Routes across the Karakum Desert
?4?Beyond the Medieval Period
3 Black Sands: the Landscape of the Karakum Past and Present
?1?Physical Geography
?2?Climate
?3?Flora
?4?Water
?5?Surveying the Karakum Landscape
?6?Further Analysis
4 Defining the Architecture of Desert Travel
?1?Large Architectural Remains: 'Caravanserai', 'Khan', or 'Riba?'?
?2?Smaller Architectural Sites: Towers to Sardobas
?3?The Built Remains as a Corpus
5 Moving Material Culture
?1?Ceramic Forms
?2?Unglazed Ceramic Wares
?3?Glazed Ceramics
?4?Ceramics as a Chronological Indicator
?5?Ceramics as a Functional Indicator
?6?Ceramic Distribution and the Origins of Wares
?7?Stone
?8?Semi-precious Stones
?9?Glass
?10?Metal
6 Modelling Landscapes of Movement
?1?A GIS Approach to Pathways
?2?Friction and Cost Surfaces
?3?The Lure of Water - Weighted Analyses
?4?Visible Tracks - Remote Sensing and Digitization
?5?Historical Cartographic Comparisons
?6?Material Comparisons - How Does the Survey Support the Geographical Modelling and Cartographic Evidence?
?7?Paths, Chronology, and Movement in the Desert
7 Rethinking Routes - from Roads of Silk to the Threads of Networks
?1?Securing Travellers
?2?Sustaining Travellers
?3?Controlling Travellers: Power, Ideology, and Desert Travel
?4?A Model of Travel Peculiar to Deserts? Particular to the Islamic World?
?5?Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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