Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam

Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9789004281561
ISBN-13 : 9004281568
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Book Synopsis Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam by : Tsugitaka Sato

Download or read book Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam written by Tsugitaka Sato and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam Tsugitaka Sato explores the actual day-to-day life in medieval Muslim societies through different aspects of sugar. Drawing from a wealth of historical sources - chronicles, geographies, travel accounts, biographies, medical and pharmacological texts, and more - he describes sugarcane cultivation, sugar production, the sugar trade, and sugar’s use as a sweetener, a medicine, and a symbol of power. He gives us a new perspective on the history of the Middle East, as well as the history of sugar across the world. This book is a posthumous work by a leading scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies in Japan who made many contributions to this field.


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