Ports and Fortifications in the Muslim World. Coastal Military Architecture from the Arab Conquest to the Ottoman Period. FIFAO 85.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 23311 |
| Format | 24.5 x 33 |
| Détails | 252 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724707656 |
The port occupies an important place in the Muslim imagination. From an economic perspective, ports are essential links in trade circuits and constitute significant sources of profit. Socially, ports are places of travel, pilgrimage, and exchange between civilizations. Politically, ports are strategic locations, frontiers, and points of conquest between the sea and the greenhouse. Port fortifications are a symbol of prestige for a city, the wall affirming the wealth of the inhabitants and the citadel the power of the leaders. Understanding the militarization of a port involved distinguishing between what stems from the desire to ensure the defense of a territory and what stems from the ambition to exercise control over goods and people. Fortifications play an active role in regulating and controlling the economy, with walls and gates allowing customs to tax traded products. The study of military architecture in coastal environments allows us to better understand the relationship between Muslims and the sea over the long term, from the Arab Conquest to the Ottoman Empire, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean.
The port occupies an important place in the Muslim imagination. From an economic perspective, ports are essential links in trade circuits and constitute significant sources of profit. Socially, ports are places of travel, pilgrimage, and exchange between civilizations. Politically, ports are strategic locations, frontiers, and points of conquest between the sea and the greenhouse. Port fortifications are a symbol of prestige for a city, the wall affirming the wealth of the inhabitants and the citadel the power of the leaders. Understanding the militarization of a port involved distinguishing between what stems from the desire to ensure the defense of a territory and what stems from the ambition to exercise control over goods and people. Fortifications play an active role in regulating and controlling the economy, with walls and gates allowing customs to tax traded products. The study of military architecture in coastal environments allows us to better understand the relationship between Muslims and the sea over the long term, from the Arab Conquest to the Ottoman Empire, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean.