Hugh Russell Kennedy

The Armies of the Caliphs: Military and Society in the Early Islamic State (Warfare and History)

The Armies of the Caliphs is the first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, and reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics. Through a thoroughexamination of recruitment, payment, weaponry and fortifications in the armies, The Armies of the C...

Everything Looks Impressive

Embarassed by his modest background, Yale freshman Alex MacDonald nevertheless falls in love with Jill Lanigan, a senior whose controversial sexual political attitudes lead to a violent confrontation.

The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (2nd Edition)

Mongols, Huns & Vikings

They were history's most famous and ferocious warriors. From the Huns to the Mongols, successive waves of nomadic horsemen swept out of the great steppes of Central Asia and wreaked havoc on the static civilizations of Europe, India, and China. How were they so successful? And, what were the limits ...

Crusader Castles

This is a general account of the history and architecture of Crusader castles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli and Principality of Antioch between 1099 and 1291, the years during which the Crusaders had a permanent presence on the Levantine coast. Extensive use is made of contemporary ...

Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus

This is the first study in English of the political history of Muslim Spain and Portugal, based on Arab sources. It provides comprehensive coverage of events across the whole of the region from 711 to the fall of Granada in 1492. Up till now the history of this region has been badly neglected in com...

When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

The "golden age of Islam" in the eighth and ninth centuries was as significant to world history as the Roman Empire was in the first and second centuries. The rule of Baghdad's Abbasid Dynasty stretched from Tunisia to India, and its legacy influenced politics and society for years to come. In this ...

The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century

Based on original Arabic sources, the new edition of this well-established text has been comprehensively revised. The book covers the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, through the great days of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphates (8th-10th centuries), to the period of political fragmentation w...

At the Caliph's Court

Mongols, Huns and Vikings: Nomats at War

When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World : The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise And Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In

Everything Looks Impressive

Everything Looks Impressive

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