Caravanserai

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Stunning, powerful photographs, illuminated by contributions from some of the most eminent writers, thinkers, and journalists specialising in the Middle East and foreign relations, combine to present these roadside inns found along ancient caravan routes in the Muslim world. A 'caravanserai' is a roadside inn found along ancient caravan routes in the Muslim world. For centuries the caravanserais served as staging posts in the Middle East and Central Asia, providing accommodation to traders, pilgrims, and other travellers along the Silk Road that connected China, India, and Europe. The caravanserais were vital nodes in what was in effect the first globalised overland network and trading system. Thousands of these caravanserais were built and successfully operated. They survived empires, caliphates and wars until the demise of the caravan trade. Those that have not vanished, have become crumbling ruins, or survive as hotels, museums, shops, storage space, living quarters, or military outposts. In the tumultuous state of relations between the Western and Muslim worlds today, the caravanserais stand as evidence of ancient multi-cultural exchange and trade. They inspire the quest to find such new platforms of multi-cultural dialogue for the future. Belgian photographer Tom Schutyser has travelled the Silk Road numerous times in fifteen years, first photographing caravanserais in northeast Iran. For this project, Schutyser chose the levant region of Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, photographing both ruined and restored caravanserais as well as the landscape and surroundings of these buildings, seeking to capture the sense of history still present in these places. His stunning, powerful photographs, illuminated by contributions from some of the most eminent writers, thinkers, and journalists specialising in the Middle East and foreign relations, combine to present a new dimension on the debate about the region as it is today. Text in English and French.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 03 augustus 2012

Aantal pagina's: 180

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Reza Bar'am-ben Aslan

Tweede Auteur: Robert Fisk

Co Auteur: Andrew Lawler

Hoofduitgeverij: Five Continents Editions

Editie: 1

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 229 mm

Product hoogte: 25 mm

Product lengte: 305 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 300 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 210 mm

Verpakking lengte: 210 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 1260 g

EAN: 9788874396047

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