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Islamic gardens, with their waterways and beds of plants and trees, are generally regarded as an earthly reflection of paradise. D. Fairchild Ruggles offers a different interpretation, contending that the palace garden was primarily an environmental, economic and political construct.Ruggles, D. Fairchild is the author of 'Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain' with ISBN 9780271022475 and ISBN 0271022477.
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