CHAPTER 9 Cultural Greatness in Political Decline

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x
6. Introduction: The Interest of Islamic Spain 1
7. CHAPTER 1 The Muslim Conquest 5
8. CHAPTER 2 The Province of the Damascus Caliphate 17
9. CHAPTER 3 The Independent Umayyad Emirate 30
10. CHAPTER 4 The Grandeur of the Umayyad Caliphate 39
11. CHAPTER 5 Cultural Achievements under the Umayyads 61
12. CHAPTER 6 The Collapse of Arab Rule 81
13. CHAPTER 7 The Berber Empires: The Almoravids 95
14. CHAPTER 8 The Berber Empires: The Almohads 103
15. CHAPTER 9 Cultural Greatness in Political Decline 112
16. CHAPTER 10 The Last of Islamic Spain 147
17. CHAPTER 11 The Significance of Islamic Spain 165
18. Notes 177
19. Bibliography 186
20. Index 193