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| The Bazaar: Markets and Merchants of the Islamic World | 
 enlarge | Author: Walter M. Weiss
Creator: Kurt-michael Westermann
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 850943
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 12.6 x 9.5 x 1
ISBN: 0500018391
Dewey Decimal Number: 381.180917671
EAN: 9780500018392
ASIN: 0500018391
Publication Date: April 2001
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Product Description
This volume is a journey through the bazaars in the old Islamic cities of the Orient. Beginning with a general outline of the history of trade, it examines the origins of the "city within a city" and the early Islamic fortresses and caravanserais. The path of goods is traced along legendary caravan routes such as the Silk, Incense and Amber Roads. The everyday workings of the bazaar are described, and the book focuses on traditional trades and crafts including gold and sugar traders' markets, the workshops of lute makers, fabric painters and mosaic carvers, glass-blowers and coppersmiths. Persian carpet-makers, engravers and perfumers, miniature painters and calligraphers are revealed at work, as are people whose exotic trades are now dying out - sword and fire makers, water sellers, foot ironers, magicians and storytellers. In the final section, more than a dozen of the finest bazaars are described and illustrated.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Book October 28, 2006
...I have not gone through the whole book yet, however what I have seen so far has been great and wonderful, highly recommended to anyone who loves travel or just for general interest, beautiful pictures, authors did an awsome job in writing this book, very knowledgable, comprehensive worth every penny...
 History of bazaar omits slavery May 19, 2002
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
From 700 A.D. to 1900 A.D. the Islamic bazaar included a vigorous trade in humanity. Over 11 million Black Africans were kidnapped from their homes and pressed into slavery by the Islamic dynasties. Males slaves were castrated and sent to the fight the wars of the Islamic world. Female slaves went into harmes and household service.
If a history of the Bazaar is attempted by this author it shoujld be complete and accurate.
Fascinating September 8, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I checked this out of the library, and when I get back from Syria and Lebanon, am going to buy it. An entirely different perspective from anything I've ever seen. Even if it does omit anything about the ongoing conflicts of the region, we already know all of that. This tells us and shows us something we don't know. When I'm walking through the bazaars in Damascus and Aleppo, I will be carrying this book in my head and seeing everything differently because of it.
A superb introduction to the world of the bazaar. October 19, 1998
I have traveled extensively in the Middle East and North Africa, and my favorite places are the suqs, or bazaars of each city. I have actually visited half of the bazaars featured in this book, and therefore I can attest to the accuracy of the information provided. This book captures the variety, texture, and atmosphere of the bazaar. The only aspects missing are the sounds and the aromas. Of special interest and value are the maps of each bazaar, for wandering through a suq can be an overpowering experience. Nowhere else have I come upon this type of information. The photos are well done, showing both the people and their surroundings accurately, but beautifully. This book makes me want to pay a return visit to a bazaar, soon.
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