MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01844nam a22003258a 4500
001 2010006055
003 DLC
005 20100303193240.0
008 100226s2010 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010006055
020 $a9781566568012 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae------
050 00 $aCB251$b.B356 2010
082 00 $a940$222
100 1 $aBall, Warwick.
245 10 $aOut of Arabia :$bPhoenicians, Arabs, and the discovery of Europe /$cby Warwick Ball.
260 $aNorthampton, MA :$bOlive Branch Press,$c2010.
263 $a1003
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aAsia in Europe and the making of the West ;$vv. 1
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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 $aEast and West.
650 0 $aArabs$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aPhoenicians$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aMuslims$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aEurope$xCivilization$xArab influences.
651 0 $aEurope$xCivilization$xMiddle Eastern influences.
651 0 $aEurope$xCivilization$xIslamic influences.