They surveyed the world [videorecording] = Les arpenteurs du monde / un film conçu et écrit par Mahmoud Hussein ; réalisé par Philippe Calderon ; une co-production FIT Production, La Cinquième, Canal Sur Televisión.

073653248X (Films for the Humanities & Sciences web site)

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

"During the 10th century, people routinely journeyed from one end of the huge Arab empire to the other--and even into non-Islamic lands far into the north and east. Who were these travelers, what did they seek? This program captures what it was like to be a pilgrim in a caravan bound for Mecca, an official carrying out the Caliph's orders, a scholar seeking knowledge, a merchant in search of new markets, and an explorer charting the seas. Some of the era's most memorable personalities--mathematician al-Khuwarizmi, the chronicler Abul Hasan Ali al Mas'udi, the cartographer al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Hawqal--are profiled"--Films for the Humanities & Sciences web site.

Images / Video & Film

English; French; Spanish; Arabic

June 01, 2002

Narrated by Paul Barrett.

VHS format.