1st Edition

Islamic Urban Studies Historical Review and Perspectives

By Masashi Haneda Copyright 1994
256 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

The term 'Islamic cities' has been used to refer to cities of the Islamic world, centring on the Middle East. Academic scholarship has tended to link the cities of the Islamic world with Islam as a religion and culture, in an attempt to understand them as a whole in a unified and homogenous way. Examining studies (books, articles, maps, bibliographies) of cities which existed in the Middle East... Read more

Introduction 1. The Maghrib 2. Mashriq 3. Turkey 4. Iran 5. Central Asia Conclusion

Biography

Haneda Masashi is Professor of Historical Studies at the University of Tokyo.