The Hagia Sophia: The History of the Famous Church and Mosque

Hagia Sophia, A History 9781640190689, 1640190686

Hagia Sophia is more than 1,400 years old. It was a Christian Church, then a Muslim mosque, and is now a museum. Here, f

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The Architecture of Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki: from its erection up to the Turkish conquest 9780860545149, 9781407346779

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The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz: The History and Legacy of the Moors’ Famous Holy Site in Toledo, Spain

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *In

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Westminster Abbey: The History of England’s Most Famous Church

*Includes pictures *Explains the history of the Abbey and what visitors can see there *Includes quotes about the Abbey *

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Beyond Mosque, Church, and State: Alternative Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans 9789633861356

Journalists and policy-makers in the West have often assumed that the religious and ethno-national heterogeneity of the

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The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam 9781400834020

Amid so much twenty-first-century talk of a "Christian-Muslim divide"--and the attendant controversy in some W

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The History of the Catholic Church 9781586176648

The Catholic Church is the longest-enduring institution in the world. Beginning with the first Christians and continuing

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The Tower of London: The History of England’s Famous Landmark

*Includes pictures *Describes the Tower and the historical events that occurred there *Includes footnotes and a bibliogr

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Famous Landmarks of Ancient Rome: The History of the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Appian Way

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the landmarks written by ancient Romans *Includes bibliographies for further re

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The Eiffel Tower: The History of Paris’ Most Famous Landmark

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the construction written by Gustave Eiffel and others *Includes online resource

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