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The heirs of Muhammad: Islam's first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia split
[In this book, the author] recounts the lives of the handful of individuals - the first four Caliphs, the Prophet's widows and the conquering generals - who led and influenced Islam after the death of Muhammad. Within this fifty-year span of conquest…
Modern Perspectives: Three Women Artists of the 1920s and 1930s
"A special edition of the Journal of San Diego History"
A Vanished World: Medieval Spain's Golden Age of Enlightenment
In a world troubled by religious strife and division, Lowney's book takes us back to a medieval Iberia that prefigured the Renaissance, offering a hopeful historical reminder: Muslims, Christians, and Jews once lived together in Spain, creating a…
Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict
"Second only to Rome in the ancient world, Alexandria was home to many of late antiquity's most brilliant writers, philosophers, and theologians - among them, Philo, Origen, Arius, Athanasius, Hypatia, Cyril, and John Philoponus. Now, in Alexandria…