The 'Abbasid and Carolingian Empires : : comparative studies in civilizational formation / / edited by D. G. Tor.

Circa AD 750, both the Islamic world and western Europe underwent political revolutions; these raised to power, respectively, the ʿAbbasid and Carolingian dynasties. The eras thus inaugurated were similar not only in their chronology, but also in the foundational role each played in its respective c...

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Superior document:Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts, Volume 150
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 150.
Physical Description:1 online resource (231 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • The ʿAbbasid and Carolingian Dynasties in Comparative Perspective / D.G. Tor
  • Inventing the Missi / Jennifer R. Davis
  • Ḥasanwayh born al-Ḥusayn al-Kurdī (r. circa 350–369/ca. 961–979) / Jürgen Paul
  • The Emperor’s Ass / Eric J. Goldberg
  • Ethnicity in the Carolingian Empire / Walter Pohl
  • Across the Hindūkush of the ʿAbbasid Period / Minoru Inaba
  • Columbanus, the Columbanian Tradition and Caesarius / Ian Wood
  • The Rebel and the Imam / Robert Gleave
  • Comparing Carolingians and ʿAbbasids / Michael Cook
  • Index.