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 * Resources for 8th century Baghdad, Iraq **


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General and History
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Black Banners from the East Islamic Revolution and Historical Memory: An Inquiry into the Art of ʻAbbāsid Apologetics The Àbbāsid Revolution The Return of the Caliphate to Baghdad The Crisis of the Àbbāsid Caliphate The Political and Social History of Khurasan Under Abbasid Rule, 747-820 History of the Prophets and Patriarchs - 36 volumes of a history of the Islamic Empire written by Tabarī (838?-923) Iraq after the Muslim Conquest The Arab Kingdom and its Fall The Reunification of the Àbbāsid Caliphate The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Storm and Stress Along the Northern Frontiers of the Àbbāsid Caliphate The Àbbāsid Caliphate in Equilibrium Àbbāsid Authority Affirmed The Àbbāsid Recovery <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Incipient Decline <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Witnesses to a World Crisis: Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Between Civil Wars: The Caliphate of Mùāwiyah <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Collapse of Sufyānid Authority and the Coming of the Marwānids <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The End of Expansion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The end of the Jihâd State: The Reign of Hishām ibn ʻAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Marwānid Restoration <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Caliphate of Yazīd b. Mùāwiyah <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Zenith of the Marwānid House <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Empire in Transition <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Victory of the Marwānids
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once Upon a Time: Baghdad During the Abbasid Dynasty (26 min.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From Arabic to Latin: Assimilation of Arab Knowledge (26 min.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Muslim Town: Urban Life Under the Caliphate (27 min.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An Empire Rises From the Sands. 1, The Arabs Make their Entrance (26 min.)
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 * Iraq -- History -- 634-1534 (OhioLINK)

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__Art and Architecture__
The Mediterranean POP CULTURE ARAB WORLD!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
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__Dress__
POP CULTURE ARAB WORLD!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
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__Literature__
Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia : The Gilgamesh epic and Other Ancient Literature
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**__Music__**

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__Religion__
Under Crescent and Cross: the Jews in the Middle Ages
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Islam: Origin and Belief Holy War, Holy Peace: How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices Islam <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Secrets of the Koran (45 min)
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__Science__
Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Secrets of the Human Body: Islam's Contributions to Medicine (27 min.)
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__Women__
Sex and Society in Islam: Birth Control Before the Nineteenth Century
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