Out of Arabia : Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe /
Ball, Warwick.
Out of Arabia : Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe / by Warwick Ball. - London : East & West Publishing, 2009. - 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Asia in Europe and the making of the West ; v. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : an unsound compass -- The discovery of Europe : the first travellers out of Arabia -- The near East far West : the Phoenician new world and its legacy -- Glittering kingdoms : Arab states before Islam -- Rome's Arab half century : Arab emperors and emperors of Rome -- Impact of the abstract : ancient Arabian religion and the Christian West -- Muhammad, Charlemagne and Rome : the effect of the first Islamic empires on Europe -- Caliphs in Europe : Caliphs, Emirs and Sayyids of Spain -- Across the Alps : the Arabs in Sicily, Italy, France and Switzerland -- The world's debate : tragedy of the crusades and the legacy of intolerance -- The Arabian Lake : Arab seafaring and the pre-European world system -- A universal world : Arab world travel and world.
9781907318009
2010-006055
Arabs--History--Europe--To 1500.
East and West.
Muslims--History--Europe--To 1500.
Phoenicians--History--Europe--To 1500.
Europe--Civilization--Arab influences.
Europe--Civilization--Islamic influences.
Europe--Civilization--Middle Eastern influences.
CB251 / .B356 2009
940
Out of Arabia : Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe / by Warwick Ball. - London : East & West Publishing, 2009. - 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Asia in Europe and the making of the West ; v. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : an unsound compass -- The discovery of Europe : the first travellers out of Arabia -- The near East far West : the Phoenician new world and its legacy -- Glittering kingdoms : Arab states before Islam -- Rome's Arab half century : Arab emperors and emperors of Rome -- Impact of the abstract : ancient Arabian religion and the Christian West -- Muhammad, Charlemagne and Rome : the effect of the first Islamic empires on Europe -- Caliphs in Europe : Caliphs, Emirs and Sayyids of Spain -- Across the Alps : the Arabs in Sicily, Italy, France and Switzerland -- The world's debate : tragedy of the crusades and the legacy of intolerance -- The Arabian Lake : Arab seafaring and the pre-European world system -- A universal world : Arab world travel and world.
9781907318009
2010-006055
Arabs--History--Europe--To 1500.
East and West.
Muslims--History--Europe--To 1500.
Phoenicians--History--Europe--To 1500.
Europe--Civilization--Arab influences.
Europe--Civilization--Islamic influences.
Europe--Civilization--Middle Eastern influences.
CB251 / .B356 2009
940