The Muslim Discovery of Europe"Full of rare and exact information…A distinguished work." —New York Review of Books The eleventh-century Muslim world was a great civilization while Europe lay slumbering in the Dark Ages. Slowly, inevitably, Europe and Islam came together, through trade and war, crusade and diplomacy. The ebb and flow between these two worlds for seven hundred years, illuminated here by a brilliant historian, is one of the great sagas of world history. |
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| Title | The Muslim Discovery of Europe |
| Author | Bernard Lewis |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0393321657, 9780393321654 |
| Length | 350 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General History / Europe / Medieval History / Middle East / General History / World Religion / Islam / History |
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