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ISBN: 9780753823897 - The Great Arab Conquests The Great Arab Conquests
Hugh Kennedy

ISBN10: 0753823896  ISBN13: 9780753823897
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Apr 2008
A popular history of the Arab invasions that carved out an empire from Spain to China Today's Arab world was created at breathtaking speed. Whereas the Roman Empire took over 200 years to reach its fullest extent, the Arab armies overran the whole... More
ISBN: 9780521799133 - Crusader Castles Crusader Castles
Hugh Kennedy

ISBN10: 0521799139  ISBN13: 9780521799133
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Jan 2001
This is a general account of the history and architecture of Crusader castles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli and Principality of Antioch between 1099 and 1291, the years during which the Crusaders had a permanent presence on the... More
ISBN: 9780754659099 - The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East
Hugh Kennedy

ISBN10: 0754659097  ISBN13: 9780754659099
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group Ashgate Publishing Limited
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 28 Jul 2006
Aimed at the historians of Islam and Byzantium, the essays in this volume deal with the history of the Middle East from c 550 to 1000 AD. It emphasises social and economic trends and the integration of written and archaeological evidence to... More
ISBN: 9780582405257 - The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates
Hugh Kennedy Barbir, Karl

ISBN10: 0582405254  ISBN13: 9780582405257
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited Longman
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Jan 2004
The Prophet and the Age of Caliphates is an accessible guide to the history of the Near East from c.600-1050 A.D., the period in which Islamic society was formed. Beginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, Kennedy goes on to... More
ISBN: 9780714111759 - Hajj Hajj
M A S Abdel Haleem, Hugh Kennedy, Venetia Porter

ISBN10: 0714111759  ISBN13: 9780714111759
Publisher: British Museum Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Jan 2012
Drawing millions of pilgrims annually, the Hajj is a powerful bond that brings Muslims together from across the world. Tracing the footsteps and personal experiences of pilgrims across the centuries, this book takes the reader on a physical and... More
ISBN: 9781780763620 - Warfare and Poetry in the Middle East Warfare and Poetry in the Middle East
Hugh Kennedy

ISBN10: 178076362X  ISBN13: 9781780763620
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Mar 2013

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ISBN: 9780582495159 - Muslim Spain and Portugal Muslim Spain and Portugal
Hugh Kennedy

ISBN10: 0582495156  ISBN13: 9780582495159
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited Longman
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Dec 1996
This is the first study in English of the political history of Muslim Spain and Portugal, based on Arab sources. It provides comprehensive coverage of events across the whole of the region from 711 to the fall of Granada in 1492. Up till now the... More

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ISBN: 9780753818961 - The Court of the Caliphs The Court of the Caliphs
Hugh Kennedy

ISBN10: 0753818965  ISBN13: 9780753818961
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Nov 2005
Intrigue, debauchery and seduction in the palaces of the Middle East From a rebellion planned in a remote desert town to the founding of Baghdad in AD 762, the rule of the Abbasid dynasty was looked back on as the golden era of the Islamic Conquest. More
ISBN: 9780714111766 - Hajj Hajj
M A S Abdel Haleem, Hugh Kennedy, Venetia Porter

ISBN10: 0714111767  ISBN13: 9780714111766
Publisher: British Museum Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Jan 2012
Drawing millions of pilgrims annually, the Hajj is a powerful bond that brings Muslims together from across the world. Tracing the footsteps and personal experiences of pilgrims across the centuries, this book takes the reader on a physical and... More

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ISBN: 9780306814808 - When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World
Hugh Kennedy

ISBN10: 0306814803  ISBN13: 9780306814808
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group Da Capo Press Inc
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 21 Feb 2006
In this deftly woven narrative, Kennedy introduces the rich history of the 8th and 9th century and to the men and women of the palaces at Baghdad and Samarra--the caliphs, viziers, eunuchs, and women of the harem--who fashioned the glorious days... More