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Lang Matl
Author Ball, Warwick.

Title Out of Arabia : Phoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe / Warwick Ball.

Imprint Northampton, MA : Olive Branch Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  CB251.B356 2010    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  CB251 .B356 2010 c.2  Available
Description xv, 208 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm.
Series Asia in Europe and the making of the West ; v. 1
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject East and West.
Arabs -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Phoenicians -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Muslims -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Europe -- Civilization -- Arab influences.
Europe -- Civilization -- Middle Eastern influences.
Europe -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
ISBN 9781566568012 (pbk.)