A discourse analysis of Muhammad al-Ghazali's thought :

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" A discourse analysis of Muhammad al-Ghazali's thought : "
Moussa, Mohammed Sadiki, Larbi

Document Type	:	BL
Record Number	:	624574
Doc. No	:	dltt
Main Entry	:	Dalley, Stephanie
Title & Author	:	The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon : : an elusive world wonder traced /\ Stephanie Dalley
Page. NO	:	xviii, 279 pages, 8 pages of plates :: illustrations (some col.), maps, plans ;; 22 cm
ISBN	:	9780199662265
	:	: 0199662266
Bibliographies/Indexes	:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-268) and index
Contents	:	Drawing a blank in Babylon -- Classical writers and their testimony -- Three pictures, and Archimedes -- Sennacherib's great invention -- Engineering for water management -- Confusion of names -- The unrivalled palace, the queen, and the garden -- Symbolism and imitators -- Defeat and revival : Nineveh after 612 BC -- Appendix. The section of prism inscription describing the palace and garden
Abstract	:	"Identifies and locates one of the Ancient World wonders -- New description of a very early garden and the technology behind its water supply -- Identifies the early occurrence of the "Water-raising Screw" -- Links Assyrian texts and sculpture to later classical sources and explains legends surrounding the characters of Semiramis and Nebuchadnezzar -- Reassesses specific sculpture in the British Museum." --Publisher
	:	An exciting story of archaeological detection as well as a vividly written description of a little-known civilization. Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, describes how deciphering an ancient Assyrian text-- and comparing it to sculpture in the British Museum-- provided the clues that enabled her to pin down where the Garden was positioned and to describe in detail what it may have looked like
Subject	:	Gardens-- Iraq-- Babylon (Extinct city)-- History
Subject	:	Seven Wonders of the World
Subject	:	History, Ancient
Subject	:	Archaeology and history-- Middle East
Subject	:	Babylon (Extinct city), History
Subject	:	Assyria, History
Dewey Classification	:	‭935.5‬
LC Classification	:	‭DS70.5.B3‬‭D34 2013‬