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Saracen Strongholds AD 630-1050: The Middle East and Central Asia

✍ Scribed by David Nicolle, Adam Hook

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Leaves
68
Series
Fortress 076
Category
Library
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Saracen Strongholds AD 630-1050: The Middle East and Central Asia КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: Osprey Publishing LtdСерия: Fortress 77Автор(ы): David NicolleЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2008Количество страниц: 68ISBN: 978-184603-115-1Формат: pdf OCR OGONРазмер: 29.8 mb RAPIDили IFOLDER 85 1 2 3 4 5

✦ Table of Contents

COVER......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
The historical context......Page 6
The early Caliphate and the Umayyad Empire......Page 14
The'Abbasid golden age......Page 22
Fragmentation and fortification......Page 34
THE LIVING SITES......Page 42
The fortified cities......Page 43
Offensive bases......Page 50
Castles under siege......Page 51
Cities under siege and civil conflict......Page 54
AFTERMATH......Page 59
THE SITES TODAY......Page 61
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 63
GLOSSARY......Page 65
INDEX......Page 66
COVER......Page 68

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