The Rise and Fall of the Arab Empire and the Founding of Western Pre-eminenceDescribes the conditions, social, economic and climactic rise and fall of the several culturally fettered Arab empires of the Middle Ages, and the rise of the freer West to pre-eminence. This book explains the spiritual and cultural divide between the Arabs and the West, and how they distanced themselves from the West and declined into a dark age. |
Contents
Arabia and Mohammed the Prophet | 1 |
The Rise of the Arab Empire the Years of Conquest | 7 |
The Abbasids and the Golden Age of the Caliphate | 25 |
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References to this book
Literature and International Relations: Stories in the Art of Diplomacy Paul Sheeran Limited preview - 2007 |