by Tamim Ansary (2009)
Tamim Ansary tells the history of the world as seen from the Islamic heartland, revealing a parallel narrative where Rome’s fall was a minor sideshow and the vibrant caliphates were the true center of civilization.
Albert Hourani, Malise Ruthven
Albert Hourani’s international bestseller provides a panoramic account of the Arab-speaking world across twelve centuries, examining culture, theology, trade, and politics from Muhammad to modern day.
Thomas Asbridge
Thomas Asbridge presents the definitive modern narrative of the Crusades, examining contemporary Christian and Muslim chronicles to tell the brutal, two-hundred-year struggle for the Holy City of Jerusalem.
Mary Beard
Renowned Cambridge classicist Mary Beard explores how Rome grew from an obscure muddy Italian village to become the preeminent global superpower, examining everyday citizens, slavery, and imperial power.
Anna Stevens
In this study the author approaches the realm of private religion in Egypt some 3,300 years ago. The two broad research questions that frame this study are: What was the structure of the private religious landscape at Amarna (Central Egypt, on the Nile), and what were the ideas that shaped this landscape? The starting point is a corpus of objects and structures from settlement remains at one site, Amarna, the location of Egypts capital for a brief period (c.350 330 BCE) towards the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty.