Islamic Empires, The Cities That Shaped Civilization: From Mecca to Dubai [1 ed.] 1643133063, 9781643133065

Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization 9780241199053

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Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities That Define a Civilization 9780241199053

Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic emp

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Foods That Changed History: How Foods Shaped Civilization from the Ancient World to the Present 9781440835377, 2015000810

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From MTV to Mecca 9780957330405

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Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe 9781787383050

Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Musli

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The Streets of Europe: The Sights, Sounds, and Smells That Shaped Its Great Cities 9780226677941

Merchants’ shouts, jostling strangers, aromas of fresh fish and flowers, plodding horses, and friendly chatter long fill

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The Crisis of Islamic Civilization 9780300158854

Islam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people, but its outer expression as a distinctive civiliza

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Myths That Shaped Our History: From Magna Carta to the Battle of Britain 1473895952, 9781473895959

All nations and peoples have a body of legendary tales and semi-historical episodes which explain who they are and help

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The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss 9780500771495, 9780500771488

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The Laws That Shaped America 9781282084506

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