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Scent from the Garden of Paradise. Musk and the Medieval Islamic World

Scent from the Garden of Paradise. Musk and the Medieval Islamic World

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Series: Islamic History and Civilization, Book 140

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

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ISBN10: 9004336249
ISBN13: 9789004336247
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 19 2017
Pages: 442
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic civilization, musk became the most important of all aromatics. The musk trade thus illuminates the nature of medieval Asian trade and musk's cultural effects on the Islamic world. Scent from the Garden of Paradise: Musk and the Medieval Islamic World examines the history of musk from its origins in Asia to its uses in the medieval Middle East, surveys the Islamic literature on musk, and discusses the roles of musk in perfumery and medicine, as well as the symbolic importance of musk in Islam.

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