Tabula Rogeriana

(noun)

A book containing a description of the world and world map created by the Arab geographer, Muhammad al-Idrisi, in 1154. Written in Arabic, it is divided into seven climate zones and contains maps showing the Eurasian continent in its entirety, but only the northern part of the African continent. The map is oriented with the North at the bottom. It remained the most accurate world map for the next three centuries.

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Examples of Tabula Rogeriana in the following topics:

  • Europe's Early Trade Links

    • In 1154, Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi created what would be known as the Tabula Rogeriana at the court of King Roger II of Sicily.

  • Sociological Perspectives on Urban Life

    • Sociologists centered in Chicago due to its "tabula rasa" state (people's minds before they receive impressions gained from experience), having expanded from a small town of 10,000 in 1860 to a urban metropolis of two million in the next half decade.

  • John Locke

    • He postulated that, at birth, the mind was a blank slate or tabula rasa.