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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-12 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author, God’s Crucible brings to life “a furiously complex age” (New York Times Book Review). Resonating as pro
God's Crucible
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Authors: David Levering Lewis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reexamines the fall of the Persian and Roman empires, followed
When Asia Was the World
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Stewart Gordon
Categories: History
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Describes the important influence of Asia's great civilization on the West, as traveling merchants, scholars, philosophers, and religious figures brought the wi
Kingdoms of Faith
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A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of
Blood and Faith
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In 1609, the entire Muslim population of Spain was given three days to leave Spanish territory or else be killed. In a brutal and traumatic exodus, entire famil