<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Islamic Empire — History."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Islamic Empire — History."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/skokielibrary/rss/search?query=%22Islamic%20Empire%20%E2%80%94%20History.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:07:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Islamic Art and Culture]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1501135</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1501135</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalili, Nasser D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1501135133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Visual History</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781585678396/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A History of the Muslim World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Cook is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His books include Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective (Princeton), A Brief History of the Human Race, and The Koran: A Very Short Introduction.  This audiobook narrated by Ric Jerrom traces the panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the the dawn of the modern era This book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of the work takes readers from the origins of Islam to the eve of the nineteenth century, and an epilogue continues the story to the present day. Michael Cook thus provides a broad history of a civilization remarkable for both its unity and diversity. After setting the scene in the Middle East of late antiquity, the book depicts the rise of Islam as one of the great black swan events of history. It continues with the spectacular rise of the Caliphate, an empire that by the time it broke up had nurtured the formation of a new civilization. The book then goes on to cover the diverse histories of all the major regions of the Muslim world, providing a wide-ranging account of the major military, political, and cultural developments that accompanied the eastward and westward spread of Islam from the Middle East to the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific. At the same time, A History of the Muslim World deploys numerous quotations deriving from primary sources. These expose the reader to a variety of voices from the Muslim past, and what they have to say can be acutely intelligent and insightful.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3408750</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3408750</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cook, Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3408750133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691262154/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A History of the Muslim World]]></title><description><![CDATA["Starting in the pre-Islamic Middle East, Cook returns a sense of wonder to how Muhammad could not only become a prophet of a new monotheistic religion but also unite the Arab tribes behind it and create a state that would conquer much of the territory that belonged to the Byzantines and the Sasanians, the two empires that had balanced power in the region for hundreds of years. Exploring the high culture of the Abbasids, Cook then charts the disintegration of the Caliphate and the brief rise of the Fatimids and the Mongols of the Steppe. He covers the Ottomans (Turkish), Safavids (Iranian), Mughals (India), and ventures to East Africa, Madagascar, Somalia, Southeast Asia, and many places between. An epilogue gestures to major themes in the post-1800 world."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3372642</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3372642</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cook, Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3372642133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691236575/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islamic Empires]]></title><description><![CDATA[A history of the rich and diverse civilizations over fifteen centuries of Islam seen through its greatest cities.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3145250</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3145250</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marozzi, Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3145250133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Cities That Shaped Civilization : From Mecca to Dubai</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781643133065/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Islamic Civilisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early Islamic civilisation spread across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia in the 7th and 8th centures CE, forming a massive empire. Find out about the birth of Islam, amazing inventions and trade across the empires.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2701812</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2701812</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howell, Izzi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2701812133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781526300829/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Guide to the Islamic Golden Age]]></title><description><![CDATA["During the Middle Ages, the Islamic world experienced a time of remarkable expansion when scientific invention and artistic creation flourished. Your Guide to the Islamic Golden Age explores the important achievements and lasting legacy of this magnificent era."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2704486</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2704486</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cooke, Tim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2704486133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780778729938/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny Disrupted]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discusses the history of the world from an Islamic perspective, explaining the evolution of the Muslim community while recounting the history of the Western world with respect to Islamic events and interpretations.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3256608</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3256608</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ansary, Mir Tamim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3256608133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781586488130/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treasures of Islam]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1533549</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1533549</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[O'Kane, Bernard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1533549133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Artistic Glories of the Muslim World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781844834839/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Eras]]></title><description><![CDATA[Examines major civilizations that have flourished from antiquity to modern times, with a global perspective and a strong emphasis on daily life and social history. This volume provides in-depth coverage of the rise and spread of Islam, 622-1500.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2835421</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2835421</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2835421133</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Volume 2 : Rise and Spread of Islam, 622-1500</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781414439419/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islam]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1386855</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1386855</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Armstrong, Karen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1386855133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Short History</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780812966183/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mohammed & Charlemagne]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1821899</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1821899</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pirenne, Henri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1821899133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780486420110/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saladin]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in "a rollicking good story" (Justin Marozzi). Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the twelfth century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. A ruthless defender of his faith and leader, he possessed qualities that won admiration from his Christian foes. But Saladin is far more than a historical hero. Builder, literary patron, and theologian, he is a man for all times, and a symbol of hope for an Arab world once again divided. Centuries after his death, in cities from Damascus to Cairo and beyond, Saladin continues to be a potent symbol of religious and military resistance to the West. He is central to Arab memories, sensibilities, and the ideal of a unified Islamic state. John Man charts Saladin's rise to power, his struggle to unify the warring factions of his faith, and his battles to retake Jerusalem and expel Christian influence from Arab lands. Saladin explores the life and enduring legacy of this champion of Islam while examining his significance for the world today.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3387207</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3387207</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Man, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3387207133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built An Islamic Empire</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798855529210/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mongol Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages  For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.  In a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region's geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight back. The Mongol conquests forever transformed the region, while forging closer ties among societies spread across Eurasia.  This is the definitive history of the Mongol assault on the Near East and its enduring global consequences.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3277489</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3277489</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morton, Nicholas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3277489133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798350859898/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mongol Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Mongol Storm is an epic account of violent conflict unfolding against the vibrant backdrop of the Seljuk Turks' magnificent garden palaces, mighty Crusader fortresses, Egyptian pyramids, Damascus' sprawling markets, and the vast Mongol wagon cities. Vividly written and vast in scope, it completely revises our understanding of the Mongols and the world of the Middle Ages."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3211615</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3211615</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morton, Nicholas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3211615133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541616301/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defenders of the West]]></title><description><![CDATA[In "Defenders of the West", the author of Sword and Scimitar follows up with vivid and dramatic profiles of eight extraordinary warriors-some saints, some sinners-who defended the Christian West against Islamic invasions. Discover the real Count Dracula, Spain's El Cid, England's Richard Lionheart, and many other historical figures, whose true and original claim to fame revolved around their defiant stance against jihadist aggression. With sixteen full color pages of photos and illustrations, "Defenders of the West" is an instructive and inspiring read. Whereas Sword and Scimitar revolved around decisive battles, "Defenders of the West" revolves around decisive men.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3478925</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3478925</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ibrahim, Raymond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3478925133</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781642938210/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Arab Conquests]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 7th and 8th centuries AD, armies inspired by the new religion of Islam burst out of Arabia to subjugate the Levant, southwest Asia, North Africa and the Iberian peninsula. These Arab conquests followed immediately after the Prophet Mohammed's death in 632. By this time, against all the odds, he had managed to unite the feuding tribes of Arabia at the point of his sword. The Muslim conquests lasted until 750, by which time several generations of marauding Arab armies had carved out an Islamic empire (the Umayyad empire, centred on Baghdad) which, in size and population, rivalled that of Rome at its zenith, extending from the shores of the Atlantic in the west to the snow-bounds mountains of Central Asia and the borders of China in the east. In the process they had completely crushed one great empire (the old empire of Byzantium), and hollowed out another (that of the Iranian Sassanids). The Arab Conquests represent one of the greatest feats of arms in history and utterly changed the world. Justin Marozzi, much-praised author of The Man Who Invented History and Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood, tells their story with unfailing narrative verve and deep scholarly authority.2021 Head of Zeus]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3123208</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3123208</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marozzi, Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3123208133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781801106023/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Becoming Charlemagne]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Christmas morning in the year 800, Pope Leo III placed the crown of imperial Rome on the brow of a Germanic king named Karl-a gesture that enabled the man later hailed as Charlemagne to claim his empire and forever shape the destiny of Europe. Becoming Charlemagne tells the story of the international power struggle that led to this world-changing event, illuminating an era that has long been overshadowed by myth. For 1,200 years, the deeds of Charlemagne inspired kings and crusaders, the conquests of Napoleon and Hitler, and the optimistic architects of the European Union. In this engaging narrative, Jeff Sypeck crafts a vivid portrait of the ruler who became a legend, while evoking a long-ago world of kings, caliphs, merchants, and monks. Transporting listeners far beyond Europe to the glittering palaces of Constantinople and the streets of medieval Baghdad, Becoming Charlemagne brings alive an age of empire building that continues to resonate to this day.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3092097</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3092097</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sypeck, Jeff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3092097133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781666110357/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crusaders]]></title><description><![CDATA["For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors. In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2936180</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2936180</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jones, Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2936180133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525428312/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Field of Blood]]></title><description><![CDATA["The First Crusade was remarkably successfully for the western European forces. Charging in on their heavy cavalry, Frankish armies swept across the Middle East, capturing major cities and setting up the Crusader States in the Levant: the kingdom of Jerusalem, the principality of Antioch, and the counties of Edessa and Tripoli. It appeared that a sustained western conquest of the region was inevitable. Why, then, did the crusades ultimately fail? To answer this question, historian Nicholas Morton focuses on a period of bitter conflict between the Franks and their Turkish enemies, when both factions were locked in a struggle for supremacy over the city of Aleppo."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2799113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2799113</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morton, Nicholas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2799113133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780465096695/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Field of Blood]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1119, the people of the Near East came together in an epic clash of horses, swords, sand, and blood that would decide the fate of the city of the Aleppo-and the eastern Crusader states. Fought between tribal Turkish warriors on steppe ponies, Arab foot soldiers, Armenian bowmen, and European knights, the battlefield was the amphitheater into which the people of the Near East poured their full gladiatorial might. Carrying a piece of the true cross before them, the Frankish army advanced, anticipating a victory that would secure their dominance over the entire region. But the famed Frankish cavalry charge failed them, and the well-arranged battlefield dissolved into a melee. Surrounded by enemy forces, the crusaders suffered a colossal defeat. With their advance in Northern Syria stalled, the momentum of the crusader conquest began to evaporate, and would never be recovered.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3025756</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3025756</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morton, Nicholas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3025756133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541490048/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sword and Scimitar]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the significant battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the occupation of the Middle East that prompted the Crusades and the far-flung conquests of the Ottoman Turks, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat--until its reemergence in recent times.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2877358</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2877358</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ibrahim, Raymond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2877358133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780306825552/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caliphate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caliphate is a grand and sweeping history of the caliphate since the death of the prophet Mohammed until the last official caliph in the 13th Century, and its modern incarnations under various Islamist groups today. Contrary to popular belief, Islamic law is not a codified set of legislations, and thus there cannot be one definition of the role of the caliph. Rather, this title has been the subject of serious debate and transformation over time. In Caliphate, historian and Middle East expert Hugh Kennedy lifts the veil on the changing and contested position of the caliph and explores the fascinating succession of various leaders of the Islamic world since the death of the Prophet in 632 until the modern day. Kennedy begins in 7th century Medina, the Prophet Muhammad's city in the Hejaz desert, in the hours following the prophet's death. In the end, Kennedy delves into the modern fate of the caliphate, as the British manipulate the 19th Century caliphs to spur dissent against the Ottomans in the Arab provinces, and Islamist leaders call for the creation of a Muslim caliphate. We witness the emergence of another Abu Bakr as "caliph" in 2014, as Kennedy untangles the twisted and distorted Qur'anic history ISIS uses to justify its barbaric acts. An authoritative new account of the dynasties of leaders who shaped the Arab world, The Caliphate reveals the legacy of one of the most potent political ideas in modern history.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2591891</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2591891</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kennedy, Hugh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2591891133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The History of An Idea</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780465094387/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fātiḥ Andalus ̤Tāriq bin Ziyād]]></title><description><![CDATA[Historical novel, based on the conquest of Spain by Tāriq ibn Ziyād, 7th century Muslim commander.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1814355</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1814355</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[urd]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ṣiddīqī, Ṣādiq Ḥussain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1814355133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle/><language>urd</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Elephant From Baghdad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relates the story, told by a monk named Notker the Stammerer, of how the Emperor Charlemagne sent an ambassador to Baghdad, the center of the Muslim world, to learn about the great ruler in the East, Haroun al Rashid. Includes notes on the factual basis of the story.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1729469</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1729469</guid><category><![CDATA[PICTURE_BOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holmes, Mary Tavener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1729469133</comments><format>PICTURE_BOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780761461111/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Caliph's Splendor]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1731114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1731114</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobrick, Benson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1731114133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Islam and the West in the Golden Age of Baghdad</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781416567622/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>