01811cam a22003018a 450000500170000000800410001701000160005802000180007403500130009204000130010504300120011805000220013008200120015210000190016424500890018326000450027230000280031749000540034550400510039950507790045065000370122965000190126665000390128565000430132465100430136765100460141065100530145620230110145605.0100526s2010    mau      b    001 0 eng    a2010-006055  a9781907318009  a16109643  aDLCcDLC  ae------00aCB251b.B356 200900a9402221 aBall, Warwick.10aOut of Arabia :bPhoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe /cby Warwick Ball.  aLondon :bEast & West Publishing,c2009.  a208 p. :bill. ; 24 cm.0 aAsia in Europe and the making of the West ;vv. 1  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction : 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. 0aArabszEuropexHistoryyTo 1500. 0aEast and West. 0aMuslimszEuropexHistoryyTo 1500. 0aPhoenicianszEuropexHistoryyTo 1500. 0aEuropexCivilizationxArab influences. 0aEuropexCivilizationxIslamic influences. 0aEuropexCivilizationxMiddle Eastern influences.