| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Empires in the Middle Ages |
| Contents |
The rightly guided caliphate -- The Umayyad caliphate -- The Abbasid caliphate -- The Fatimids and the decline of the caliphate |
| Summary |
For approximately six hundred years after the death of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, the Muslim community formed a cohesive state called the Caliphate. This book follows the four distinct Caliphates (Rightly Guided, Umayyad, 'Abbasid, and Fatimid) through their periods of leadership, to the state's prolonged downfall at the hands of the Seljuqs and the Crusaders, and its ultimate defeat by the Ottoman Empire. This text includes a focus on contributions made to the arts, literature, medicine, astronomy, science and mathematics, among other disciplines, particularly during the golden age of th |
| Subject |
Umayyad dynasty -- Juvenile literature
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| SUBJECT |
Umayyad dynasty fast |
| Subject |
Abbasids -- Juvenile literature
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Fatimites -- Juvenile literature
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Abbasids
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Fatimites
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| SUBJECT |
Islamic Empire -- History -- Juvenile literature
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Islamic Empire -- History
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| Subject |
Islamic Empire
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Juvenile works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
DeCarlo, Carolyn, editor
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| ISBN |
9781538300473 |
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1538300478 |
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