The origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: The first masterpiece of Islamic art -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus: A... Show moreThe origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: The first masterpiece of Islamic art -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus: A monument in the image of paradise -- Umayyad palaces: agricultural estates in the deserts of Syria and Palestine -- Umayyad spendor in Cordoba: An Arab civilization in Spain -- The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate: Mesopotamia, center of the Islamic world -- The diversity of Muslim Egypt: from the Sunni sultans to the Fatimid caliphs -- The disintegration of the Far Western empire: from Aghlabid Ifriqiya to the Maghred of the Almohads -- Upheavals in the Near East: the rise of the Ayyubids and the decline of the Abbasids -- New concepts of space. Henri Stierlin ; photographs, Anne and Henri Stierlin. Subtitle on cover: Early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century. Main Heritage Compact General NA380 .S85 2002 Reference Item-ID: i24891745 BIB-ID: 1172136 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237) and indexes. Show less
par H. Viollet. Pages also numbered [685] - [717]. "Extrait des Memoires presentes par divers savants a l'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres... Show morepar H. Viollet. Pages also numbered [685] - [717]. "Extrait des Memoires presentes par divers savants a l'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, tome XII, 2e partie." Main Heritage Shelves General NA1468.S25 V56 1911 Book Item-ID: i22477329 BIB-ID: 2402396 Includes bibliographical references. Show less