MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01840cam a22003254a 4500
001 2004021476
003 DLC
005 20091130181054.0
008 040913s2005 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004021476
020 $a0195176731
020 $a0195222652 (California ed.)
020 $a0195221575 (set)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aaw-----$af------
050 00 $aDS36.85$b.P68 2005
082 00 $a956/.01$222
100 1 $aPouwels, Randall Lee,$d1944-
245 10 $aAfrican and Middle Eastern world, 600-1500 /$cRandall L. Pouwels.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc2005.
300 $a175 p. :$bcol. ill., maps ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aMedieval & early modern world
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe land of the Arabian nights in the year 600 C.E -- From the Sahara to the rain forest: Africa around 600 C.E -- The messenger of Allah: Muhammad and the beginning of Islam -- The sword of Allah: the Islamic expansion, 632-750 -- The house of Islam, the first worldwide civilization -- The world of the Muslim mind: art and science, philosophy and mysticism -- The glory of the west: al-Andalus and the Maghrib -- Camels and ships: early kingdoms of Africa -- Allah comes to west Africa: the empires of Mali and Songhay -- In majesty he reigns: smiths and divine kings of the forest civilizations -- The emperor's giraffe: Swahili civilization in east Africa -- "There's treasure in those hills!" Bantu-speaking civilizations of central and southern Africa -- Cannons rule the day: the Ottoman Empire.
650 0 $aIslamic civilization.
651 0 $aMiddle East.
651 0 $aAfrica.
830 0 $aMedieval and early modern world.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0637/2004021476-d.html