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Describes the social and economic structure of city life during the Renaissance, from about 1400 to 1600, explaining how cities varied in government, commerce, population, and culture, and how they influenced the shaping of European civilization.

Covers the civilization of the Islamic Empire from the last years of the eighth century to the thirteenth century.

Discusses the religion, history, and culture of the Islamic Empire.

"During the Middle Ages, the Islamic world experienced a time of remarkable expansion when scientific invention and artistic creation flourished. Your Guide to the Islamic Golden Age explores the important achievements and lasting legacy of this magnificent era."--

Describes that period when the Arabs spread their religion, art, architecture, and great knowledge of the ancient world throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

"Early Islamic civilisation spread across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia in the 7th and 8th centures CE, forming a massive empire. Find out about the birth of Islam, amazing inventions and trade across the empires." --

We often think that people from a thousand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilization there were amazing advances and inventions that still influence our everyday lives. People living in the Muslim world saw what the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Greek, and Romans had discovered and spent the next one thousand years adding new developments and ideas. Inventors created marvels like the elephant water...