Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)

The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world( Book )

1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 1,570 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For most of the period from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, the Muslim world was dominant in terms both of geographical spread and creativity. Today Muslims account for one fifth of the world's population. Yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is. Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this paradox. Dismantling the western perception of Islam as a monolithic culture, they examine the economic basis of Muslim societies. their social ordering, their forms of knowledge and its transmission, and their expression in art, architecture and in the courtly arts and their modern developments. Particular emphasis is placed on the interrelationship between the Islamic world and the West - both share many of the same religious, intellectual and cultural roots. The book demonstrates that it is only recently that western ways came to dominate. Both civilizations owe much to one another

Somalia : a country study( Book )

1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 1,148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A researcher for Human Rights Watch describes the refugee camp in Dadaab, home to those fleeing civil war in Somalia, and highlights the life of various residents, including a former child soldier, a schoolgirl and a youth leader. --Publisher

Uganda : a country study( Book )

2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 1,090 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea( )

4 editions published between 1980 and 2016 in English and held by 1,006 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sudan : a country study( Book )

1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 974 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The power of maps by Denis Wood( Book )

1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 931 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead -- through the mapmaker's bias. Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a point of view. By connecting us to a reality that could not exists in the absence of maps -- a world of property lines and voting rights, taxation districts and enterprise zones -- they embody and project the interests of their creators. Sampling the scope of maps available today, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world. - Back cover

History--remembered, recovered, invented by Bernard Lewis( Book )

2 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 914 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Ethiopian War, 1935-1941 by Angelo Del Boca( Book )

2 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The coming of the Italian-Ethiopian War by George W Baer( Book )

1 edition published in 1967 in English and held by 870 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Analysis of the causes of the Italian-Ethiopian War of 1936, Mussolini's plans for invasion and Ethiopia's defense, and the European aftermath

The Ethiopian crisis, touchstone of appeasement? by Ludwig Frederick Schaefer( Book )

1 edition published in 1961 in English and held by 867 WorldCat member libraries worldwide