Harun al-Rashid: The Life and Legacy of the Abbasid Caliph during the Islamic Golden Age

Jews at the Crossroads: Tradition and Accomodation during the Golden Age of the Hungarian Nobility 9786155211317

Examines the social and political history of the Jews of Miskolc-the third largest Jewish community in Hungary-and prese

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Putting the Caliph in His Place: Power, Authority, and the Late Abbasid Caliphate 083864113X, 9780838641132

Modern scholars have often viewed the Abbasid caliphs of the eleventh and twelfth centuries as pale imitations of their

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The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America 9780300151848

The uncovering in the mid-1700s of fossilized mastodon bones and teeth at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, signaled the beginnin

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The Islamic Golden Age and the Caliphates [1 ed.] 9781499463415, 9781499463408

The Islamic empire arose spectacularly in the 7th century and exercised influence over a large geographic area until its

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Spanish Poetry of the Golden Age 9781442632653

A representative selection of the best poetry of Spain's Golden Age.

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Jews at the crossroads: tradition and accommodation during the golden age of the Hungarian nobility, 1729-1878 9789637326660

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Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age 9781503620810

In "Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age", distinguished French historian Marcelin Defourneaux gives us an ac

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The Golden Age of Homespun 9781501717239

"You have seen neglected oxbows, but what do you know of their making or of the training of a yoke of oxen?... What

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The Golden Age of Homespun 9781501717239

"You have seen neglected oxbows, but what do you know of their making or of the training of a yoke of oxen?... What

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Juan Esquivel: A Master of Sacred Music during the Spanish Golden Age 1843835878, 9781843835875

Juan Esquivel was a cathedral choirmaster and composer, active in Spain during the period c.1580-c .1623 in which all as

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