Contributions

  • Rodinson, Maxime - Contributor
  • FIT Production (Firm) - Contributor
  • Films for the Humanities (Firm) - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Princeton, NJ, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

6,500 words, Guess

Page Count

26 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • Title on container and disc label - Once upon a time
  • Baghdad during the Abbasid dynasty
  • Etait fois Bagdad
  • Once upon a time, Baghdad

Description

"As the shadow of the Dark Ages fell across Europe, the scene for the advancement of Western civilization shifted to the Near East. This program charts the rise of the Arab empire from its roots in the long-standing rivalry between the Byzantines and the Sassanids. Nodes along that timeline include the dual role of Mecca as a place of worship and as a center for trade, the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, the rapid expansion of Arabia at the expense of Byzantium and the Sassanid kingdom, and the internecine struggle between Arab factions that led to the founding of the Umayyad dynasty"--Container.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Lorsque le monde parlait arabe = When the world spoke Arabic : the Golden Age of Arabic Civilization
  • Lorsque le monde parlait arabe
  • HIS 433 (NU course)

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