The Caliph's Splendor : : Islam and the West in the Golden age of Baghdad
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Minaret and tower -- The night of destiny -- King of kings -- Baghdad -- The culture of prosperity -- al-Andalus -- Greek fire -- Lombards, Saxons, and a poisoned crown -- "Iron Charles" -- Even the lowliest camel driver knew -- The harder they fall -- "Rum" and Khurasan -- The red soil of Tus -- The Siege of Baghdad -- Interregnum -- "Oval, square, and round" -- "City of the flower" -- Turban and cowl -- Appendix. The Umayyad caliphs of Damascus and the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: x, 284 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781416567622
1416567623
SUBJECTS
Hārūn al-Rashīd, -- Caliph, -- ca. 763-809.
Charlemagne, -- Emperor, -- 742-814.
Islam -- Christianity.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Islamic Empire -- Foreign relations -- Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations -- Islamic Empire.
Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- 527-1081.