Out of Arabia Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe /

Ball, Warwick

Out of Arabia Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe / [Texte imprimé] : Warwick Ball - Northampton : Olive Branch Press, 2010 - 1 vol. (XV-208 p., [24] p.de pl.) : ill., cartes, couv. ill. ; 22 cm - Asia in Europe and the making of the West ; 1 . - Asia in Europe and the making of the West (Olive Branch Press) .

Index

Bibliogr. p. 193-197

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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East and West Arabs Phoenicians Muslims Europe Europe Europe

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