LEADER 00000cam a2200337 a 4500 001 16109643 005 20101103120547.0 008 100226s2010 mauab b 001 0 eng 010 2010006055 020 9781566568012 (pbk.) 040 DLC|cDLC|dDLC 043 e------ 050 00 CB251|b.B356 2010 082 00 940|222 100 1 Ball, Warwick. 245 10 Out of Arabia :|bPhoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe /|cWarwick Ball. 260 Northampton, MA :|bOlive Branch Press,|c2010. 300 xv, 208 p., [24] p. of plates :|bill. (some col.), maps ; |c22 cm. 490 0 Asia in Europe and the making of the West ;|vv. 1 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index. 505 0 Introduction : an unsound compass -- The discovery of Europe : the first travellers out of Arabia -- The near East far West : the Phoenician new world and its legacy -- Glittering kingdoms : Arab states before Islam -- Rome's Arab half century : Arab emperors 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 of 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. 650 0 East and West. 650 0 Arabs|zEurope|xHistory|yTo 1500. 650 0 Phoenicians|zEurope|xHistory|yTo 1500. 650 0 Muslims|zEurope|xHistory|yTo 1500. 651 0 Europe|xCivilization|xArab influences. 651 0 Europe|xCivilization|xMiddle Eastern influences. 651 0 Europe|xCivilization|xIslamic influences.
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