Saladin
Subtitle: The Politics of the Holy War (Canto original series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9780521585620
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; BCE to c 500 CE; Prehistory; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Middle East - General; Medieval World History (Circa 450 - Circa 1450); Middle East - History; History; History - General History; History: World; ASIA; Ancient Egypt; Medieval; Military; History / Middle East; Saladin - Sultan of Egypt and Syria - 1137-1193
First sentence: The history of mediaeval Islam and its civilisation provides a series of problems of definition and interpretation, but, in general, the materials necessary for their analysis are inadequate.