Middle East Garden Traditions Unity and Diversity : Questions, Methods, and Resources in a Multicultural Perspective

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture, Michel Conan

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Publisher's Synopsis

Garden arcaheology reveals the economic importance of Judean gardens in Roman times and the visual complexity of gardens created in Moorish Spain, whilst more contemporary approaches unravel the cultural continuities, variations & differences between gardens in the Middle East since Roman times & in the Islamic world.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780884023296
Publisher:	Dumbarton Oaks
Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Pub date:	04 Sep 2007
DEWEY:	712.091767
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	363
Weight:	1546g
Height:	262mm
Width:	241mm
Spine width:	27mm