Al-Qadim

Al-Qadim
Author: Jeff Grubb
Publisher: TSR
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1992-03-01
Genre: Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
ISBN: 9781560763581

Secret of the Djinn

Secret of the Djinn
Author: Jean Rabe
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1994
Genre: Fantastic fiction.
ISBN: 9781560768647

The reader's decisions help Jamil, a poor young pearl diver, rescue the king of the sea djinn, in a story set in the world of the Arabian Nights.

Consumption, Trade and Innovation

Consumption, Trade and Innovation
Author: Marijke Van der Veen
Publisher: Africa Magna Verlag
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 3937248234

AD 1-250 (Myos Hormos) and again during ca.

Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding
Author: Wolfgang Baur
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2012-12
Genre: Fantasy games
ISBN: 9781936781119

The Essential Elements for Building a World Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms, Glorantha, Narnia, R'lyeh, Middle-Earth, Barsoom, and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again. Now, eleven of adventure gaming's top designers come together to share their insights into building worlds that gamers will never forget. Learn the secrets of designing a pantheon, creating a setting that provokes conflict, determining which historical details are necessary, and so much more. Take that creative leap, and create dazzling worlds of your own! Essays by Wolfgang Baur, Keith Baker, Monte Cook, Jeff Grubb, Scott Hungerford, David "Zeb" Cook, Chris Pramas, Jonathan Roberts, Michael A. Stackpole, Steve Winter, with an introduction by Ken Scholes. NOMINATED FOR TWO ENNIE AWARDS: Best Writing and Best RPG-Related Book Praise for Prior Kobold Design Guides "Highly recommended for gaming nerds everywhere." --CityBookReview.com "If you're an aspiring pro this book is a must. If you're a rules hacker like me, this stuff is solid gold." --Berin Kinsman, UncleBear Media "A fantastic collection ... A solid 5 star rating." --Joshua Guillion, AdventureAWeek.com "An amazing collection ... from some of the best designers and writers creating role-playing game material today." --Brian Fitzpatrick, BlogCritics.org

Odyssey of the Dragonlords RPG

Odyssey of the Dragonlords RPG
Author: Modiphius
Publisher: Modiphius
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781912743407

Campaign book; compatible with the "5E" edition rules of Dungeons & Dragons.

Quseir Al-Qadim 1978

Quseir Al-Qadim 1978
Author: Donald S. Whitcomb
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1979
Genre: History
ISBN:

The results of the first season of archaeological excavations at the small port site of Quseir al-Qadim on the Red Sea are presented in this volume. Archaeological evidence testifies to the importance of this port, then called Leukos Limen, for the Roman trade in the Indian Ocean in the first and second centuries a.d. After a millennium of abandonment, this trade was revived under the Mamluks (thirteenth-fourteenth centuries), when the trade reached East Africa, India, and China. This report presents copious illustrations of the artifacts of daily life in these two periods. A chapter by Martha Prickett presents the detailed results of a regional survey around Quseir and along the route leading to Luxor and the Nile valley.

Quseir Al-Qadim 1980

Quseir Al-Qadim 1980
Author: Donald S. Whitcomb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1982
Genre: History
ISBN:

This volume presents the results of the second season of excavations, during which a Roman merchant's "villa" and part of the central administrative buildings were excavated. A large section of the Islamic town was also cleared, within which were artifacts ranging from China to West Africa. This report presents the excavations and the artifacts recovered; these latter include the pottery, glass, lamps, Roman ostraca and Arabic letters, fauna, flora, shells, and organic materials, the latter including textiles, wood, leather, and basketry. Also included are brief reports on the survey of Bir Kareim, the site of a Roman gold mining settlement and shrine about 20km from the port, and a discussion of the old mosques in the modern town of Quseir. "Would that all archaeologists were as generous with their material, as prompt in publication and as well organized in presentation as these."--Oliver Watson, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa

The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa
Author: Getzel M. Cohen
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2006-10-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520931025

This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Getzel Cohen's organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 BCE. Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. Cohen's magisterial breadth of focus enables him to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume also contributes to ongoing questions and will point the way toward new avenues of inquiry.

Glass from Quseir Al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean Trade

Glass from Quseir Al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean Trade
Author: Carol Meyer
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1992
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

This volume is the final report on the first and second century a.d. and thirteenth and fourteenth century Islamic glass excavated at Quseir al-Qadim on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. The report not only describes the glass finds but also studies their distribution from the Red Sea to Arabia, East Africa, and India and raises some specific questions about the export of glassmaking technology and about the character of long-range trade in glass in both periods.