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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Nicolle, David, 1944-     Subjects     Islamic countries -- Historical geography -- Maps.     Islamic countries -- Historical geography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nicolle, David, 1944-       by title:      Historical atlas of ...         MARC Display

Historical atlas of the Islamic world / David Nicolle. by Nicolle, David, 1944- New York : Checkmark Books, c2003. Subjects Islamic countries -- Historical geography -- Maps.   Islamic countries -- Historical geography. ISBN:  0816053324 Description:  192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. Contents:  Arabia from paganism to Islam; the land of the prophet, between two empires -- Rightly guided Caliphs; ideal rulers and the development of Islam -- Umayyad century; stabilizing the new Islamic culture -- Golden age; Abbasid expansion of trade, knowledge, and empire -- Culture and fragmentation; end and aftermath of the Abbasids -- Caliphate of Cordoba; Islamic conquest of Iberia -- Threats from west and eats; the Seljuks, Crusaders, and Mongols -- Age of the Mamluks; militaristic rule of a slave caste -- Islam in the east; the forgotten frontier -- Islam in Africa; the struggle for the dark continent -- Rise of the Ottomans; storming into Europe -- Twilight in the west; driven away in the Reconquista. Requests:  0 Summary:  This book presents the birth and remarkable growth of the Islamic faith and culture from the pen of a noted Islamic historian. A clear and concise view is given of Islamic civilization, religion, war, art, politics, and science. Specially designed maps complement the text, highlighting the development of Islamic civilization, its global commerce, political and social development, military achievements to the point of the reconquest of Spain at the end of the 15th century.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kailua-Kona Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 911.1767 Ni Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 911.1767 Ni Checked In Add Copy to MyList Koloa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 911.1767 Ni Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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