Description
| Product ID: | 9780141047102 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Baghdad |
| Subtitle: | City of Peace, City of Blood |
| Authors: | Author: Justin Marozzi |
| Page Count: | 512 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Iraq |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. This new history of Baghdad brings to life the story of what was once the greatest capital on earth. Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions which have brought terrible bloodshed. This is the history of its storytellers and its tyrants, of its philosophers and conquerors. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-05-28 |