Book of countries
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“The Book of Countries” is a historical and geographical work by the outstanding Arab geographer and historian al-Ya'qubi, written on the basis of the author's own observations and inquiries during his numerous travels. Gives a picture of the life of the Caliphate in the middle of the 7th - 9th centuries. in political, economic, administrative and cultural aspects. Al-Ya'qubi showed particular interest in distant provinces and large cities. He laid the foundation for the genre of “al-masalik wa-l-mamalik” (“paths and kingdoms”). Al-Ya'qubi's "Book of Countries" is a first-class source of information about that distant era.
The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- ал-Якуби
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Release date
- 2011
- Translator
- Л. А. Семенова