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The caliph's splendor : Islam and the West in the golden age of Baghdad /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bobrick, Benson, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Islamic Empire > Foreign relations > Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire > Foreign relations > Islamic Empire.
Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258.
Byzantine Empire > History > 527-1081.
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
Hārūn al-Rashīd, > Caliph, > approximately 763-809.
Charlemagne, > Emperor, > 742-814.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.