Islam : from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century / Henri Stierlin ; photographs, Anne and Henri Stierlin.
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TextSeries: Taschen's world architecturePublication details: Hong Kong ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2009.Description: 224 pages : color illustrations, color map, plans ; 30 cmISBN: - 9783836510592
- 3836510596
- 720.91767 S855i 2009 22
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Originally published 1996.
Introduction : the origins of Islam --
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem --
The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus --
Umayyad palaces --
Umayyad splendor in Cordoba --
The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate --
The diversity of Muslim Egypt --
The disintegration of the far western empire --
Upheavals in the near east --
Conclusion : new concepts of space.
Includes bibliography and index (221-223) pages.
ARCHITECTURE
Translated from the French.
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