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Sword and scimitar : fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West

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text Sword and scimitar : fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West

Ibrahim, Raymond

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Summary
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 tr... Read more
Contents
Introduction: Jihad : the roots of conflict -- Islam takes Christendom by storm : the Battle of Yarmuk, 636 -- The Jihad reaches an eastern wall of stone : the Siege of Constantinople, 717 -- The Jihad reaches a western wall of ice : the Battle of... Read more
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xvii, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Publisher
De Capo Press, Hachette Book Group 2018
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