Connected Histories Materials
The ornament of the world : how Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain by Call Number: DP99 .M465 2002ISBN: 9780316566889Publication Date: 2002
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Credit: Map of the Fortress of Tripoli and the Surrounding Area (detail), folio from manuscript W.658, Piri Reis (Turkish, 1465-1555), late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman) at http://art.thewalters.org/detail/79870/map-of-the-fortress-of-tripoli-and-the-surrounding-area/, Creative Commons License, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Centuries before the dawn of the modern age, the world was already a surprisingly interconnected place. Readings for this theme introduce a way of understanding the past in which Islam and the West are seen as products of a shared, cosmopolitan, and inextricably intertwined past. These books help envision the world of our ancestors, which was every bit as complex and dynamically interconnected as the world we live in today.
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