This book represents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary presentation of ancient Near Eastern civilization. Concentrating on Mesopotamia and North Syria and focusing particularly on the cultures...
LIKE ENGLAND'S CHARLES II, the Ottoman Empire took "an unconscionable time dying." Since the seventeenth century, observers had been predicting the collapse of this so-called...
At once scholarly and entertaining, Constantinople depicts the Ottoman capital as a place of shifting boundaries and categories. It was the capital of both Islam...
Night and Horses and the Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature edited by Robert Irwin. This anthology offers the first comprehensive collection of poetry...
"Suleiman the Magnificent" by Anthony Bridge offers a dramatic and vivid narrative of one of the most powerful rulers of the 16th century, focusing on...
Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries by Paul Fregosi. For over 1,300 years, Jihad—the Muslim holy war against Christians and others—has...
The ancient land of Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, has given rise to many empires: Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian. But none surpassed the power and influence of the...
Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering...
The subject of this vast, astonishing and brilliantly readable work of history is the bizarre story of the Ottoman Empire, seen through the lives and...
In Aspects of Islam, Ron Geaves addresses the complex and often misrepresented world of Islam, particularly in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Since that...
Islam in the World by Malise Ruthven (2nd Edition) is a comprehensive and insightful guide to understanding Islam, a religion practiced by over one billion...
This book represents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary presentation of ancient Near Eastern civilization. Concentrating on Mesopotamia and North Syria and focusing particularly on the cultures...
LIKE ENGLAND'S CHARLES II, the Ottoman Empire took "an unconscionable time dying." Since the seventeenth century, observers had been predicting the collapse of this so-called...
At once scholarly and entertaining, Constantinople depicts the Ottoman capital as a place of shifting boundaries and categories. It was the capital of both Islam...
Night and Horses and the Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature edited by Robert Irwin. This anthology offers the first comprehensive collection of poetry...
"Suleiman the Magnificent" by Anthony Bridge offers a dramatic and vivid narrative of one of the most powerful rulers of the 16th century, focusing on...
Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries by Paul Fregosi. For over 1,300 years, Jihad—the Muslim holy war against Christians and others—has...
The ancient land of Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, has given rise to many empires: Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian. But none surpassed the power and influence of the...
Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering...
The subject of this vast, astonishing and brilliantly readable work of history is the bizarre story of the Ottoman Empire, seen through the lives and...
In Aspects of Islam, Ron Geaves addresses the complex and often misrepresented world of Islam, particularly in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Since that...
Islam in the World by Malise Ruthven (2nd Edition) is a comprehensive and insightful guide to understanding Islam, a religion practiced by over one billion...