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Table of contents :
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
List of Tables and Graphs
Introduction
1. Medieval Geopolitics and Mediterranean Landscapes of Alanya and Environs
2. Landscape and the Centralizing State: The Rüm Seljuks and Anatolia
3. Rüm Seljuk Gardens: Typology and Tradition
4. The Physical Geography and Environmental Archaeology of the Alanya Region
Catalogue of Sites Surveyed In and Around Alanya
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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BAR S893 2000

Landscape and the State in Medieval Anatolia

REDFORD LANDSCAPE AND THE STATE IN MEDIEVAL ANATOLIA

Seljuk Gardens and Pavilions of Alanya, Turkey

Scott Redford with a chapter by

Timothy Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach

BAR International Series 893 9 781841 710952

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Landscape and the State in Medieval Anatolia

Seljuk Gardens and Pavilions of Alanya, Turkey

Scott Redford with a chapter by

Timothy Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach

BAR International Series 893 2000

Published in 2016 by BAR Publishing, Oxford BAR International Series 893 Landscape and the State in Medieval Anatolia

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Landscape and the State in Medieval Anatolia

Seljuk Gardens and Pavilions of Alanya, Turkey

Scott Redford with a chapter by Timothy Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach

with the support of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution and The Institute of Turkish Studies Washington, D.C.