Format:
Online-Ressource (v, 176 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0816606633
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9780816662951
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9780816606634
Content:
Professor Hitti, the distinguished authority on the Islamic world, views the highlights of Arab history through the windows of the capital cities where those events occurred. The account focuses on six cities -- Mecca, the religious capital; Medina, the caliphal capital; Damascus, the imperial capital; Baghdad, the intellectual capital; Cairo, the dissident capital; and Cordova, the European capital. The approach is historical rather than geographical, and the book is addressed to the student and the cultured layman rather than the specialist. Tourists to the Middle East and Spain also will fi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167) and index
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Table of Contents; 1 Mecca: The Religious Capital; 2 Medina: The Caliphal Capital; 3 Damascus: The Imperial Capital; 4 Baghdad: The Intellectual Capital; 5 Cairo: The Dissident Capital; 6 Cordova: The European Capital; Bibliography; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816606634
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Capital Cities of Arab Islam
Language:
English
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