Nomads and Crusaders: A.D. 1000-1368

[A] fine, arresting book with a clear and novel thesis and a firm grasp of geography. Good stuff, in short . . . strongly recommended. --William H. McNeill

The reader will find here useful information and much food for thought; a book of such a broad scope is rare and has much to recommend it. --Speculum

. . . encyclopedic . . . there is no book quite like this one. --Choice

. . . a colorful canvas depicting the torrential movements of Eurasian warriors and merchants on ship-boards and horseback between Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific coasts, between streams of accumulated goods and tensions, religious fervor and insatiable greed . . . --Ural-Altaic Yearbook

A healthy antidote to the parochialism that characterizes so much of the run-of-the-mill output of medieval history . . . --American Historical Review

Emphasizing geographical, maritime, institutional, and economic factors, Lewis presents a wide-ranging story of the complex rise and fall of civilizations and explores new conceptual frontiers in the study of world history.

Author: Archibald R. Lewis
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 10/22/1988
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.12w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780253206527