- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Text
- Epigraph
- 1 Introduction
- I: Geography
- 2 Imagining the Nile
- 3 The Pre-Islamic Nile Delta
- 4 The Western Delta in the Islamic Era
- 5 The Eastern Delta in the Islamic Era
- 6 The Bahr Yusuf
- II: Navigation
- 7 The Nile Flood Cycle
- 8 Propulsion
- 9 Local Hazards
- 10 Nile Journey Times
- 11 Onward Connections
- III: Ports and the Navigational Landscape
- 12 The Ports of Fustat and Cairo
- 13 Ports of the Western Delta
- 14 Ports of the Eastern Delta
- 15 Ports of the Red Sea
- 16 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Historical Cartography
- Appendix 2: Geographic Reconstructions
- Appendix 3: Gazetteer of Delta place names mentioned by Ibn Hawqal and al-Idrisi
- References
- Index
Conclusion
Conclusion
- Chapter:
- (p.253) 16 Conclusion
- Source:
- The Medieval Nile
- Author(s):
John P. Cooper
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This concluding chapter summarises the findings of the book and considers their implications for our understanding of Nile navigation in particular, and navigational landscapes in general. It outlines the changing geography of the Nile Delta, and summarises its implications for Nile navigation. It stresses the books findings that navigation was more complex, skilled and labor intensive than previously appreciated. And it identifies the navigational landscape of the Nile as being formed as much by geo-political considerations as by navigational priorities. Finally, it considers the implications of these observations for theories of the maritime cultural landscape.
Keywords: Egypt, Nile, navigation, geography, politics, theory, maritime cultural landscapes
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Text
- Epigraph
- 1 Introduction
- I: Geography
- 2 Imagining the Nile
- 3 The Pre-Islamic Nile Delta
- 4 The Western Delta in the Islamic Era
- 5 The Eastern Delta in the Islamic Era
- 6 The Bahr Yusuf
- II: Navigation
- 7 The Nile Flood Cycle
- 8 Propulsion
- 9 Local Hazards
- 10 Nile Journey Times
- 11 Onward Connections
- III: Ports and the Navigational Landscape
- 12 The Ports of Fustat and Cairo
- 13 Ports of the Western Delta
- 14 Ports of the Eastern Delta
- 15 Ports of the Red Sea
- 16 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Historical Cartography
- Appendix 2: Geographic Reconstructions
- Appendix 3: Gazetteer of Delta place names mentioned by Ibn Hawqal and al-Idrisi
- References
- Index
