The great caliphs : the golden age of the 'Abbasid Empire /: the golden age of the 'Abbasid Empire. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amira K. Bennison.
• Other Names: Bennison, Amira K
• Contents: AcknowledgementsNote on transliterationList of MapsList of FiguresChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 A Stormy Sea: the politics of the 'Abbasid caliphateThe making of an empireThe Umayyads: Islam's first caliphal dynastyThe rise of the 'AbbasidsThe early 'Abbasid caliphateThe Samarran interludeThe Shi'i centuryThe Saljuq sultanate and the 'Sunni revival'The Crusades and the twilight of the caliphateChapter 3 From Baghdad to Cordoba: the cities of classical IslamArab urbanism at the dawn of IslamThe first Muslim townsUmayyad urbanism'Abbasid imperial cities and their imitatorsProvincial cities in the 'Abbasid ageChapter 4 Princes and Beggars: life and society in the 'Abbasid AgePeasants and countryfolkThe people of the cityWomen and childrenThe religious minoritiesBeggars and trickstersChapter 5 The Life Blood of Empire: trade and traders in 'Abbasid timesRoutes and commoditiesMerchants and pilgrimsTrade facilitiesChapter 6 Baghdad's 'Golden Age': Islam's scientific renaissanceThe foundations of Islamic learningThe flowering of knowledge under the 'AbbasidsThe 'Abbasid translation movementTranslations, translators and scientistsKnowledge and science after the translation movementChapter 7 The 'Abbasid LegacyBibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 244 pages), illustrations, maps, plans
• Subjects: 909.097671; Abbasids; Abbasids; Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258; Islamic Empire; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857720269; 0857720260; 9786612352928; 6612352922
• Related ISBNs: 9781845117375; 1845117379; 9781848859760
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-234) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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