Search Results - Medieval Islamic history

Cairo histories of a city / by AlSayyad, Nezar

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Women in Mongol Iran : The Kahtuns, 1206-1335 / by De Nicola, Bruno

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Women in Mongol Iran : The Kahtuns, 1206-1335 / by De Nicola, Bruno

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Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and other tales of mathematical history /

Table of Contents: “…Richeson -- Before the conquest / Marcia Ascher -- Medieval and renaissance mathematics. The discovery of the series formula for [pi] by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha / Ranjan Roy -- Ideas of calculus in Islam and India / Victor J. …”
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Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and other tales of mathematical history /

Table of Contents: “…Richeson -- Before the conquest / Marcia Ascher -- Medieval and renaissance mathematics. The discovery of the series formula for [pi] by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha / Ranjan Roy -- Ideas of calculus in Islam and India / Victor J. …”
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How Modern Science Came into the World : Four Civilizations, One 17th-Century Breakthrough / by Cohen, H. Floris

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How Modern Science Came into the World : Four Civilizations, One 17th-Century Breakthrough / by Cohen, H. Floris

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The story of civilization. by Durant, Will, 1885-1981

Table of Contents: “…The age of Faith; a history of medieval civilization (Christian, Islamic, and Judaic) from Constantine to Dante, A.D. 325-1300.--5. …”

The story of civilization. by Durant, Will, 1885-1981

Table of Contents: “…The age of Faith; a history of medieval civilization (Christian, Islamic, and Judaic) from Constantine to Dante, A.D. 325-1300.--5. …”

European transformations the long twelfth century /

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European transformations the long twelfth century /

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The Great 'Umar Khayyam : A Global Reception of the Rubáiyát /

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The Great 'Umar Khayyam : A Global Reception of the Rubáiyát /

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Unearthing Jerusalem 150 years of archaeological research in the Holy City /

Table of Contents: “…The Byzantine Period -- pt. 5. The Early Islamic and Medieval Periods.…”
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Unearthing Jerusalem 150 years of archaeological research in the Holy City /

Table of Contents: “…The Byzantine Period -- pt. 5. The Early Islamic and Medieval Periods.…”
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Studies on Asia and Africa from Latin America /

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Studies on Asia and Africa from Latin America /

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Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / by Fay, Mary Ann

Table of Contents: “…Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.…”
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Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / by Fay, Mary Ann

Table of Contents: “…Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.…”
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A Key to the Treasure of the Hakim : Artistic and Humanistic Aspects of Nizami Ganjavi’s Khamsa /

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