| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 125 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Mogadishu is a medieval trading city in Somalia, which reached the peak of its prosperity during the 14th and 15th centuries, when it became an important commercial and cultural crossroad between the Middle East, India and Eastern Africa. This text describes the incredible and neglected history of the Mogadishu. Rich and rare photographic evidence in the text makes it possible to explore the mosques, ruins, gravestones and residences with their 300-year old beams. The book will be of interest not just to scholars of history and archaeology, but also to anyone concerned by the destruction and d. |
| Access |
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| Contents |
Introduction; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Glossary; Bibliography; Gallery. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mogadishu (Somalia) -- History -- To 1500.
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Architecture -- Somalia -- Mogadishu -- History.
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Architecture. |
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Somalia -- Mogadishu. |
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History. |
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Architecture -- Somalia -- Mogadishu -- History -- Pictorial works.
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| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
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| Subject |
Archaeology -- Somalia -- Mogadishu.
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African history. |
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Archaeology. |
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Architecture. |
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Archaeology. |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- Central. |
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African history. |
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Architecture. |
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Archaeology. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hagi Scikei, Nuredin. Exploring the old stone town of Mogadishu. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 1527503313 (OCoLC)1005851238 |
| ISBN |
9781527506855 (electronic book) |
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1527506851 (electronic book) |
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1527503313 |
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9781527503311 |
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