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1 online resource |
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Islamic history and civilization, 1929-2403 ; volume 150 |
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Islamic history and civilization ; volume 150.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The ʿAbbasid and Carolingian Dynasties in Comparative Perspective -- Part 1 Political Power -- Inventing the Missi: Delegating Power in the Late Eighth and Early Ninth Centuries -- Ḥasanwayh b. al-Ḥusayn al-Kurdī (r. ca. 350-369/ca. 961-979): From Freehold Castles to Vassality? -- Part 2 Culture, Ethnicity, and Geography -- The Emperor's Ass: Hunting for the Asiatic Onager (Equus hemionus) in the ʿAbbasid, Byzantine, and Carolingian Worlds -- Ethnicity in the Carolingian Empire -- Across the Hindūkush of the ʿAbbasid Period -- Part 3 Religion -- Columbanus, the Columbanian Tradition and Caesarius -- The Rebel and the Imam: The Uprising of Zayd al-Nār and Shiʿi Leadership Claims -- Final Summation -- Comparing Carolingians and ʿAbbasids -- Index |
| Summary |
"Circa AD 750, both the Islamic world and western Europe underwent political revolutions; these raised to power, respectively, the 'Abbasid and Carolingian dynasties. The eras thus inaugurated were similar not only in their chronology, but also in the foundational role each played in its respective civilization, forming and shaping enduring religious, cultural, and societal institutions. The 'Abbāsid and Carolingian Empires: Studies in Civilizational Formation, is the first collected volume ever dedicated specifically to comparative Carolingian-'Abbasid history. In it, editor D.G. Tor brings together essays from some of the leading historians in order to elucidate some of the parallel developments in each of these civilizations, many of which persisted not only throughout the Middle Ages, but to the present day. Contributors are: Michael Cook, Jennifer R. Davis, Robert Gleave, Eric J. Goldberg, Minoru Inaba, Jürgen Paul, Walter Pohl, D.G. Tor and Ian Wood."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Print version record |
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Abbasids.
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Carolingians -- History
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Islamic civilization.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Abbasid.
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HISTORY / World.
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Abbasids
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Carolingians
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Civilization
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Civilization, Medieval
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Islamic civilization
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Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068449
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Europe, Western -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001374
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Western Europe
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Islamic Empire
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Tor, D. G. (Deborah Gerber), editor of compilation.
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| LC no. |
2017049624 |
| ISBN |
9789004353046 |
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9004353046 |
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