Author:
Ball, Warwick.
Imprint:Northampton, MA : Olive Branch Press, 2010.
Descriptionxv, 208 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm.
Note:Introduction : an unsound compass -- The discovery of Europe : the first travellers out of Arabia -- The near East's far West : the Phoenician new world and its legacy -- Glittering kingdoms : Arab states before Islam -- Rome's Arab half century : Arab empresses 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 in 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 views.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.
