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Out of Arabia : Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe / by Warwick Ball.

By: Series: Asia in Europe and the making of the West ; v. 1Publication details: London : East & West Publishing, 2009.Description: 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781907318009
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940 22
LOC classification:
  • CB251 .B356 2009
Contents:
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.
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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.

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