Author: Clifford E. Bosworth
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: dynasties, islamic, new
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1996-04-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0231107145
ISBN-13: 9780231107143
With a complete selection of bibliographies and tables of dates, titles, and names, this completely revised classic manual builds upon a work that has been a cornerstone of Islamic studies for thirty years. It remains the best source of clear, accurate information on centuries of Muslim dynastic history and the royal families in the Muslim world.
Author: Bamber Gascoigne
Publisher: Running Press
Keywords: history, china, dynasties
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2003-09-25
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0786712198
ISBN-13: 9780786712199
Shang, Chou, Han, T’ang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, Ch’ing—for most Westerners, they stand only as adjectives to describe a lacquer, a bronze, a silk, a watercolor. And for all the familiarity a blue and white porcelain vase from the Ming dynasty or the bright and sturdy pottery figures of horses and grooms from the T’ang may now have acquired, the history of the civilization that produced them remains obscure. So do the names of the potters and artists and philosophers and emperors and generals—except perhaps for those of Kublai Khan, who was not Chinese, and K’ung Fu Tzu—known as Confuc
Author: S. Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass,
Keywords: india, south, dynasties
Published: 2008-09-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8120829417
ISBN-13: 9788120829411
Author: Kr.Singh Nagendra
Publisher: Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd
Keywords: dynasties, islamic, encyclopaedia, international
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8126104031
ISBN-13: 9788126104031
This is a comprehensive and multi-volume work of the Islamic dynasties of all over the world from the emergence of Islam until the modern age, that has been edited and compiled in country-wise alphabetical order by the eminent orientalist, N.K. Singh. Mr. Singh has recreated the text of these volumes with all the splendour and mystery of its original background. These volumes will give you the complete picture of political, social, cultural, economic, scientific and religious development of all the countries who have been under the influence of Islamic rule.
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: asian, classics, translations, dynasties, records, five, historical
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0231128266
ISBN-13: 9780231128261
Only fragments of historical text from China’s middle period have been translated into English, until now. Here at last is the first major Chinese historical work from the Song dynasty. Written by Ouyang Xiu, an intellectual giant of the eleventh century, this is a history of the preceding century (907--979), a period known as the Five Dynasties.The historical and literary significance of Ouyang’s achievement cannot be underestimated. In rewriting the existing official history of the Five Dynasties, Ouyang -- whose own time was characterized by extraordinary intellectual and politi
Author: Charles R. Geisst
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: street, dynasties, wall, inside, partnerships, last
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 2001-03-21
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0071369996
ISBN-13: 9780071369992
They laid the foundations of American finance and defined the American brand of capitalism. They bankrolled wars, were the impetus behind the building of the first transcontinental railroad system, and fueled a fledgling nation’s grandiose dreams of empire. S&M Allen, J. P. Morgan & Co., Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers...they were the great Wall Street partnerships, and for well over a century, through a combination of financial genius, political chicanery, and the audacity of Caesars, they wielded unprecedented influence over the business, financial, and political landscapes of a nation.
Author: Egon Corti
Publisher: Ayer Co Pub
Keywords: reprint, series, bibliographies, select, three, dynasties, downfall
Number of Pages: 397
Published: 1934-06
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 083695419X
ISBN-13: 9780836954197
