The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the 'Abbasid Empire

by Amira K. Bennison

Book Overview

This endlessly informative history brings the classical Islamic world to life

In this accessibly written history, Amira K. Bennison contradicts the common assumption that Islam somehow interrupted the smooth flow of Western civilization from its Graeco-Roman origins to its more recent European and American manifestations. Instead, she places Islamic civilization in the longer trajectory of Mediterranean civilizations and sees the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300167989
• ISBN13: 9780300167986
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"