They surveyed the world
Subtitle: Les arpenteurs du monde
By: un film conçu et écrit par Mahmoud Hussein ; réalisé par Philippe Calderon ; une co-production FIT Production, La Cinquième, Canal Sur Televisión.
Contributors: Hussein, Mahmoud.; Calderon, Philippe.; FIT Production (Firm); Cinquième (Firm); Canal Sur Televisión (Firm); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Lorsque le monde parlait arabe = When the world spoke Arabic -- 4.; Lorsque le monde parlait arabe -- 4.
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic.; Muslim travlers -- Islamic Empire.; Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages.; Documentary films.
Other titles: Exploring the Arab empire and beyond.; Encountering others.; Arpenteurs du monde.; Rencontre de l'autre.; They surveyed the world : exploring the Arab empire and beyond.
Description: "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.
Notes: "11414-A-NT"--Cassette; "BVL11414"--Publisher's web site.

Film originally produced in 1999.

Narrated by Paul Barrett.

VHS format.

Narration in English.  Interviews in various languages with English subtitles.

MMS copy: Public performance rights included; not for broadcasting for distance learning.