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Out of Arabia, Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe, Warwick Ball

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Out of Arabia, Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe, Warwick Ball

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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platesmapsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Out of Arabia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

495272349

Responsibility statement

Warwick Ball

Series statement

Ball, Warwick., v. 1

Sub title

Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe

Table Of Contents

Introduction : an unsound compass -- The discovery of Europe : the first travellers out of Arabia -- The near East's far West : the Phoenician new world and its legacy -- Glittering kingdoms : Arab states before Islam -- Rome's Arab half century : Arab empresses 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 in 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 views

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