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Author : National Palace Museum (Taiwan)
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Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Pearls of the Middle Kingdom written by National Palace Museum (Taiwan) and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jurji Zaydan
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 081560999X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Tree of Pearls, Queen of Egypt written by Jurji Zaydan and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shajar al-Durr, known as Tree of Pearls, was one of the most famous Arab queens and the only woman in the medieval Arab world to rule in her own name. Her narrative is one element of a much larger story of the unsettled political climate of thirteenth-century Egypt. In this eponymous novel, Zaydan charts the fall of the Ayyubid Dynasty and the rise of the Mamluke Dynasty through the adventures of Tree of Pearls and Rukn al- Din Baybars, a young Mamluke commander who eventually triumphs as the ruler of Egypt. War, political intrigue, murder, and a female ruler who was born a slave combine for an irresistible story, while Zaydan’s keen observations on royal politics and subverted gender roles offer readers a richly detailed glimpse of the cultural milieu of the time. Tree of Pearls, originally published in 1914, is the last in a famous series of historical novels written by Zaydan, an accomplished historian whose books continue to be read widely in the Arab world today. Selim’s fluid translation introduces an English audience to one of the Arab world’s influential writers.
Author : D. Fairchild Ruggles
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190873205
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Tree of Pearls written by D. Fairchild Ruggles and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shajar al-Durr--known as "Tree of Pearls"--began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was manumitted, became the sultan's wife, served as governing regent, and ultimately rose to become the legitimately appointed sultan of Egypt in 1250 after her husband's death. Shajar al-Durr used her wealth and power to add a tomb to his urban madrasa; with this innovation, madrasas and many other charitably endowed architectural complexes became commemorative monuments, a practice that remains widespread today. A highly unusual case of a Muslim woman authorized to rule in her own name, her reign ended after only three months when she was forced to share her governance with an army general from the ranks of the Mamluks (elite slave soldiers) and for political expediency to marry him. Despite the fact that Shajar al-Durr's story ends tragically with her assassination and hasty burial, her deeds in her lifetime offer a stark alternative to the continued belief that women in the medieval period were unseen, anonymous, and inconsequential in a world that belonged to men. This biography--the first ever in English--will place the rise and fall of the sultan-queen in the wider context of the cultural and architectural development of Cairo, the city that still holds one of the largest and most important collections of Islamic monuments in the world. D. Fairchild Ruggles also situates the queen's extraordinary architectural patronage in relation to other women of her own time, such as Aleppo's Ayyubid regent. Tree of Pearls concludes with a lively discussion of what we can know about the material impact of women of both high and lesser social rank in this period, and why their impact matters in the writing of history.
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Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Pearls of the Middle Kingdom written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Wells Williams
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Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Middle Kingdom written by Samuel Wells Williams and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ľubica Hudáková
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004395822
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials written by Ľubica Hudáková and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials Lubica Hudáková offers an in-depth analysis of female iconography in the decorative programme of Middle Kingdom non-royal tombs, highlighting changes and innovations in comparison to the Old Kingdom. Previously considered too uniform, the study represents the first systematic investigation of two-dimensional images of women and reveals their variability in space and time. Hudáková examines the roles appointed to women by analyzing how they are depicted in a variety of contexts. Taking into account their postures, gestures, garments, hairstyles, size of the body, age as well as attributes and tools used by them, along with the scene orientation, she traces diachronic and diatopic developments and regional traditions in the Middle Kingdom tomb decoration"--
Author : Jane Miller
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
ISBN 13 : 1619320509
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (193 download)
Download or read book A Palace of Pearls written by Jane Miller and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miller is a bold poet working from the "pure energy of language, without apology."--The Boston Book Review
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (141 download)
Download or read book Pearls of the Middle Kingdom written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Wells Williams
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Total Pages : 906 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The middle kingdom; a survey of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants written by Samuel Wells Williams and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Middle Kingdom written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. Wells Williams
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382331144
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (823 download)
Download or read book The Middle Kingdom written by S. Wells Williams and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : Samuel Wells Williams
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Total Pages : 638 pages
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Download or read book The Middle Kingdom : a Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, Etc., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants written by Samuel Wells Williams and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dale Albert Johnson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 138706603X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Syriac Pearls written by Dale Albert Johnson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of essays originally published in various academic journals and publications that expose the rich culture and history of the Syriac Christians and their extraordinary influence in art, science, and religion.
Author : Kristin Joyce
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Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Pearls written by Kristin Joyce and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually stunning, one-of-a-kind history of the shimmering, lustrous object of beauty that has mesmerized humankind for millennia. Featuring 210 superb photographs, 168 in full color, Pearls traces the evolution of the pearl from sacred icon to timeless aesthetic symbol, a history that spans 4,000 years. Shrink-wrapped.
Author : Sophie Jewett
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Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Pearl, a Middle English Poem written by Sophie Jewett and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Faye Kalloniatis
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789251990
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book The Egyptian Collection at Norwich Castle Museum written by Faye Kalloniatis and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Egyptian Collection at Norwich Castle Museum represents the first full publication of this important collection which contains several outstanding objects. Part 1 begins with an outline of the acquisition history of the Egyptian collection and its display within Norwich Castle in 1894, when it was converted from a prison to a museum. The collection was largely acquired between the nineteenth and first part of the twentieth centuries. Its most prominent donor was Flaxman Spurrell, whose varied collection of flints, faience beads and necklaces as well as Late Antique cloths was obtained from Sir Flinders Petrie. Also prominent was the Norwich-based Colman family, most notable for its manufacture of mustard, whose collection was purchased in Egypt during the late-C19. Also included in this part are essays on several of the museum’s outstanding items – Ipu’s shroud, a rare early 18th Dynasty example with fragments also held in Cairo; the 22nd Dynasty finely decorated and well-preserved cartonnage and wooden lid of the priest, Ankh-hor; and the exceptional model granary of Nile clay painted with lively scenes, one showing the owner, Intef, playing senet. Part 2 is a detailed catalogue of the complete collection. It is organised into sections with objects grouped together mainly according to type – stelae, shabtis, scarabs, jewellery, amulets, vessels, flints, lamps, inscribed Book of the Dead fragments, metal figurines, and Late Antique cloths; and also according to function – such as cosmetics& grooming, and architectural & furniture elements. The inscribed materials have all been translated and individual entries give examples or parallels. Seventy colour plates illustrate each object.
Author : Samuel Wells Williams
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Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Middle Kingdom; a Survey of ... the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants. With a New Map of the Empire, and Illustrations, Principally Engraved by J. W. Orr ... Third Edition, Etc written by Samuel Wells Williams and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
