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Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Oriental World
Author: Orientalism
Author: Edward W. SaidPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804153868
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—three decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding.
This Orient Isle
Author: Jerry BrottonPublisher: Penguin Press
ISBN: 9780141978673
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. It was the beginning of cultural, economic and political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age. England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte, received ambassadors from Morocco and shipped munitions to Marrakech in the hope of establishing an accord which would keep the common enemy of Catholic Spain at bay. This awareness of the Islamic world found its way into many of the great English cultural productions of the day - especially, of course, Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice. This Orient Isle shows that England's relations with the Muslim world were far more extensive, and often more amicable, than we have ever appreciated, and that their influence was felt across the political, commercial and domestic landscape of Elizabethan England.
A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East
Author: Billie Jean CollinsPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047400917
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.
Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World
Author: Michael E. HaskewPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312386962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
From the age of the Huns to the forcing open of Japan, an in depth account of Asian military history.
The Oriental World
Author: Thomas Wallace KnoxPublisher:
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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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The Oriental World
Author: Thomas Wallace KnoxOriental Customs, Traditions & Social Life
Author: Henry Clay TrumbullPublisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN:
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The Oriental World
Author: Thomas De Witt TalmagePublisher:
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Category : Bible stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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