Ball, Warwick. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781907318009 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010-006055 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arabs--History--Europe--To 1500.<br/>East and West.<br/>Muslims--History--Europe--To 1500.<br/>Phoenicians--History--Europe--To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Civilization--Arab influences.<br/>Europe--Civilization--Islamic influences.<br/>Europe--Civilization--Middle Eastern influences.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CB251  / .B356 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940