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Capital Cities of Arab Islam

Professor Hitti, the distinguished authority on the Islamic world, views the highlights of Arab history through the windows of the capital cities where those events occurred. The account focuses on six cities -- Mecca, the religious capital; Medina, the caliphal capital; Damascus, the imperial capit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hitti, Philip K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1973.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; 1 Mecca: The Religious Capital; 2 Medina: The Caliphal Capital; 3 Damascus: The Imperial Capital; 4 Baghdad: The Intellectual Capital; 5 Cairo: The Dissident Capital; 6 Cordova: The European Capital; Bibliography; Index.