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Baghdad: City Of Peace, City Of Blood by Justin Marozzi
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great ha ...Show more
Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
In Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood, celebrated young travelwriter-historian Justin Marozzi gives us a many-layered history of one of the world's truly great cities - both its spectacular golden ages and its terrible disasters. "Justin Marozzi is the most brilliant of the new generation of travelwr ...Show more
Islamic Empires by Justin Marozzi
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant ...Show more
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilisation by Justin Marozzi
$65.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent, while Europe cowered feebly at the margins. For centuries the caliphate was both ...Show more
Tamerlane - Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi
$79.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The name of the last great warlord immediately conjures up images of mystery and romance: medieval wafare on desert plains; the clash of swords on snow-clad mountain; the charge of elephants across the steppes of Asia; the legendary opulence and cruelty of the illiterate, chess-playing nemesis of Asia. ...Show more
Tamerlane : Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
The name of the last great warlord conjures up images of mystery and romance: medieval warfare on desert plains; the clash of swords on snow-clad mountains; the charge of elephants across the steppes of Asia; the legendary opulence and cruelty of the illiterate, chess-playing nemesis of Asia. He ranks a ...Show more
The Arab Conquests: The spread of Islam and the first caliphates by Justin Marozzi
$38.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
In the 7th and 8th centuries AD, armies inspired by the new religion of Islam burst out of Arabia to subjugate the Levant, southwest Asia, North Africa and the Iberian peninsula. These Arab conquests followed immediately after the Prophet Mohammed's death in 632. By this time, against all the odds, he h ...Show more
The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus by Justin Marozzi
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
Herodotus is known as the Father of History, but he was much more than that. He was also the world's first travel writer, a pioneering geographer, anthropologist, explorer, moralist, tireless investigative reporter and enlightened multiculturalist before the word existed. He was at once learned professo ...Show more
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