The Great Caliphs : The Golden Age of the 'Abbasid Empire.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Arabic Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. A Stormy Sea: The Politics of the 'Abbasid Caliphate -- The making of an empire -- The Umayyads: Islam's first caliphal dynasty -- The rise of the 'Abbasids -- The early 'Abbasid caliphate -- The Samarran interlude -- The Shi'i century -- The Saljuq sultanate and the 'Sunni revival' -- The Crusades and the twilight of the caliphate -- 2. From Baghdad to Cordoba: The Cities of Classical Islam -- Arab urbanism at the dawn of Islam -- The first Muslim towns -- Umayyad urbanism -- 'Abbasid imperial cities and their imitators -- Provincial cities in the 'Abbasid age -- 3. Princes and Beggars: Life and Society in the 'Abbasid Age -- Peasants and country folk -- The people of the city -- Women and children -- The religious minorities -- Beggars and tricksters -- 4. The Lifeblood of Empire: Trade and Traders in the 'Abbasid Age -- Routes and commodities -- Merchants and pilgrims -- Trade facilities -- 5. Baghdad's 'Golden Age': Islam's Scientific Renaissance -- The foundations of Islamic learning -- The flowering of knowledge under the 'Abbasids -- The 'Abbasid translation movement -- Translations, translators and scientists -- Knowledge and science after the translation movement -- 6. The 'Abbasid Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This endlessly informative history brings the classical Islamic world to life.

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