A concise history of the enormously powerful and influential Shi'i caliphate. The Fatimids (909-1171) built an empire that included North Africa, Egypt, and parts of Sicily, Syria, Palestine, and Arabia. Theirs is the only Muslim dynasty known by a... Zobraziť viac
Inside the lives, scandals, and splendor of Ming China's imperial ruling family. Sons of Heaven is the first accessible, newly researched account in English of the imperial family who ruled Ming China (1368-1644), one of the country's most dynamic and... Zobraziť viac
