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World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca : Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science (Reprint)

Name: World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca : Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science (Reprint)
Brand: Brill Academic Pub
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King, David A.

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The author describes how Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction (qibla) towards Mecca and presents two highly sophisticated Mecca-centred world-maps for finding the qibla. These recently-discovered world-maps have forced a reevaluation of Muslim achievements in mathematics and cartography.

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Brill Academic Pub

Publication Date

Jan 2014

ISBN

9789004259874

Pages

638

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Book

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Paperback

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