000741160 000__ 03049cam\a2200397\i\4500 000741160 001__ 741160 000741160 005__ 20210515111734.0 000741160 008__ 131220s2014\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000741160 010__ $$a 2013040040 000741160 019__ $$a891379699$$a892704357$$a936059715 000741160 020__ $$a9780199358113$$q(hardcover) 000741160 020__ $$a0199358117$$q(hardcover) 000741160 020__ $$a9780199532018 000741160 020__ $$a019953201X 000741160 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn862780840 000741160 035__ $$a741160 000741160 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dBDX$$dUKMGB$$dCO2$$dIUO$$dJOY$$dPUL$$dNLGGC$$dCHVBK$$dOCLCF$$dAU@$$dOKJ$$dJYJ$$dOCLCQ 000741160 042__ $$apcc 000741160 043__ $$amm----- 000741160 049__ $$aISEA 000741160 05000 $$aD157$$b.C58 2014 000741160 08200 $$a909.07$$223 000741160 1001_ $$aCobb, Paul M.,$$d1967- 000741160 24514 $$aThe race for paradise :$$ban Islamic history of the crusades /$$cPaul M. Cobb. 000741160 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c[2014] 000741160 300__ $$axxii, 335 pages, [8] pages of plates :$$billustrations (some color), maps ;$$c25 cm 000741160 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000741160 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000741160 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000741160 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-321) and index. 000741160 5050_ $$aPrologue: Damascus Crossroads -- The abode of Islam -- The frightened sea -- Prey of the sword -- Against the enemies of God -- Tasting our might -- The fallen tent -- From every deep valley -- Wolves and lions -- Let them be our eulogists -- Epilogue: Buried horsemen. 000741160 520__ $$a"In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers an accurate and accessible representation of the Islamic experience of the Crusades during the Middle Ages. Cobb overturns previous claims and presents new arguments, such as the idea that the Frankish invasions of the Near East were something of a side-show to the broader internal conflict between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the region. The Race for Paradise moves along two fronts as Cobb stresses that, for medieval Muslims, the contemporaneous Latin Christian expansion throughout the Mediterranean was seen as closely linked to events in the Levant. As a consequence of this expanded geographical range, the book takes a broader chronological range to encompass the campaigns of Spanish kings north of the Ebro and the Norman conquest of Sicily (beginning in 1060), well before Pope Urban II's famous call to the First Crusade in 1095. Finally, The Race for Paradise brilliantly combats the trend to portray the history of the Crusades, particularly the Islamic experience, in simplistic or binary terms. Muslims did not solely experience the Crusades as fanatical warriors or as helpless victims, Cobb writes; as with any other human experience of similar magnitude, the Crusades were experienced in a great variety of ways, ranging from heroic martyrdom, to collaboration, to utter indifference"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000741160 650_0 $$aCrusades. 000741160 650_0 $$aIslam$$xRelations$$xChristianity$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000741160 650_0 $$aChristianity and other religions$$xIslam$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000741160 650_0 $$aMuslims$$zMediterranean Region$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000741160 85200 $$bgen$$hD157$$i.C58$$i2014 000741160 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:741160$$pGLOBAL_SET 000741160 980__ $$aBIB 000741160 980__ $$aBOOK