Edited by Paul Collins
© British Institute for the Study of Iraq 2019
ISBN 978-0-903472-36-4
Contents
Figures...................................................................................................................................v
Contributors........................................................................................................................vii
Introduction Eleanor Robson ...........................................................................................1
The Mesopotamian Marshlands (Al-Ahwār) in the Past and Today Franco D’Agostino and Licia Romano ............................................................................................................7
From Basra to Cambridge and Back Nawrast Sabah and Kelcy Davenport ...................13
A Reserve of Freedom: Remarks on the Time Visualisation for the Historical Maps Alexei Jankowski ...................................................................................................19
The Pallakottas Canal, the Sealand, and Alexander Stephanie Dalley ..........................23
Before Basra: The Port City of Charax Spasinou Stuart Campbell, Stefan R. Hauser, Robert Killick, Jane Moon.................................................29
Ard Maysan and the Land behind Basrah in Late Antiquity St John Simpson......................................................................................................35
The Founding of Basra and its Early Development Robert G. Hoyland........................49
The Archaeology of Early Islamic Basra: Challenges and Potential Andrew Petersen and Alastair Northedge ..........................................................53
The Christian Heritage of Basra Erica C. D. Hunter.........................................................59
The Genesis of the New Museum in Basra: An Iraqi-British Collaboration John Curtis..................................................65
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