Caption

Environments and Mineral Resources of the Islamic World circa 390-1000

Summary

This map shows the principal mineral resources and environmental gains of the classic Muslim era.

Legend indicates (with symbols or color-shading patterns):

• Main transhumant routes

Mineral resources

• Gold
• Silver
• Iron
• Copper
• Mercury
• Turquoise
• Rubies, lapis lazuli
• Naft (crude oil)

Environmental regions

• Areas of intensive irrigation agriculture
• Areas of dry (rainfall) agriculture
• Monsoon based agriculture
• High mountain environments
• Mountains providing permanent or seasonal grazing
• Steppe providing permanent or seasonal grazing
• Arid lands and desert

Source

An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 5.

Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.

Copyright

© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.

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