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1 online resource (388 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Egypt |
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Routledge Library Editions: Egypt
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| Contents |
Cover; SONS OF ISHMAEL; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I; I THE DESERT IN ANCIENT TIMES; II THE ARAB INVASION; PART II; III THE TRIBE; IV LIFE IN THE TENTS; V FOOD; VI DOMESTIC ANIMALS; VII THE CAMEL; VIII THE CHASE; IX RAIDING AND WARFARE; PART III; X BELIEFS; XI RITES AND CEREMONIES; XII THE LAW OF BLOOD-VENGEANCE; XIII LAWS OF THE TENT AND OF WOMEN; XIV LEGAL PROCEDURE; PART IV; XV ARABS OF SINAI AND THE EASTERN DESERT; XVI THE WESTERN BEDOUIN (EL-MUGHARBA); XVII BEDOUIN SETTLED IN THE NILE VALLEY; XVIII THE BEJA; PEDIGREE OF THE 'ABABDA |
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XIX EPILOGUEAPPENDIX WESTERN DESERT LAW; INDEX |
| Summary |
Merely to inhabit a desert demands much skill, craft, experience and travel. For the numerous nomadic tribes of Africa and the Middle East, living ancestors of the Egyptians, Jews and Arabs, Egypt is their meeting ground. The author, with twenty-five years of accumulated knowledge, here sets out to present analyses of their cultures and beliefs, along with descriptions of each tribe. First published 1935 |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135091026 |
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1135091021 |
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