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" When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : "
Hugh Kennedy.
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BL
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1050278
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bc10119
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English
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| Main Entry
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Kennedy, Hugh, (Hugh N.)
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When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : : the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty /\ Hugh Kennedy.
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1st Da Capo Press ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, MA :: Da Capo Press,, 2005.
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xxv, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, genealogical table, maps ;; 24 cm
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0306814358
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: 9780306814358
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: 0306814358
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: 0306814803
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: 9780306814808
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Originally published in the United Kingdom under as The Court of the Caliphs.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
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| Contents
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Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in Sāmarrā.
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Presents a history of the Abbasid dynasty, the founders of Baghdad, and discusses the politics, military conquests, court life, palace bureacracy, culture, and arts which characterized the era.
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Abbasids.
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Islam-- History.
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Abbasids.
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Islam.
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Abbasiden.
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Islam-- Geschichte Mittelalter.
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Abbasids.
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Islam-- History.
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Baghdad (Iraq), History.
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Islamic Empire, History, 661-750.
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Islamic Empire, History, 750-1258.
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Iraq, Baghdad.
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Islamic Empire.
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Baghdad (Iraq), History.
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Islamic Empire, History, 661-750.
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Islamic Empire, History, 750-1258.
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| Dewey Classification
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909.0976701
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DS38.6.K463 2005
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956.702 K35w
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| Added Entry
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Kennedy, Hugh, (Hugh N.).
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| Parallel Title
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Rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty
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