Old Morocco, piece of history.
926600
This book was written in the 1920's by my great uncle.  It's a gem.
Travel back in time to an exotic place.
677329
It's too bad that this book has been out of print for so long. it's an excellent travelogue from a bygone era.
3768722
The author informs us about past history of places in Middle East, where so much conflict is now
happening. Any One who is interested in why, and how, and what happened many years ago will
be helped to understand what is happening now.
4225957
Bought one for my husband and one for my grandson.  Amazing piece of history.
2912283
This is the most complete biography of Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali for youth that I have seen.  It is well written so an enjoyable read as well as very accurate. It also contains the story of his relative who set sail west across the Atlantic and may have been one of the earliest from the 'old world' to discover a 'new world' hundreds of years before Columbus.
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This is one of the most important books, for it is both history and documentary, of the Jews of Arab lands in modern times.  The first hundred pages are a history of Jews in the Arab world.  It begins in the 7th century with the conquests of Islam and then describes the ascendancy, decline and persecutions that followed.  It tells of the Sephardim and also of the persecutions by the Almohads which destroyed, albeit temporarily, North African Jewry.

The documentary history forms more then two thirds of the book and is what makes this a virtual museum to the history of these Jewish communities.  It begins with the time of Mohammed and the first Jewish converts and persecutions of Jews in Arabia.  Documetns show how Jiyza, the special discrimination tax that Jews were forced to pay for their `protection' to Muslim leaders.  Other documents show how the Caliphs intervened in the appointment of Jewish leaders or arbitrated in disputes between karaites and Rabbinical Jews.  One document from 1198 tells the story of the forced conversion of the Jews of Aden by the Muslim rulers.  One document from Egypt deals with whether a Jewish female prostitute may donate money to buy a Torah scroll.  The last documents are the most harrowing and deal with the coming of Europeans and Blood Libels in the late 19th century.  An amazing source book and a must have for anyone interested in the true history of the Middle East, one that also deals with minorities like Jews who once were an important part of the fabric of that part of the world.

Seth J.Frantzman
154724
This book is the account of 800 years of Germans living in Romania's Transyvania region.  Romania has developed a tourist industry around the remnants of the Saxons, or Sash as they call them.  Anyone visiting the region would do well to read this book and gain insight to the people who made their home in Transylvania for eight centuries.  The fortified churches,  and finely crafted homes  are all that remain as a tribute to the disciplined, hard working people that came to Transylvania so many years ago.
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EXCELLENT SHOW GOOD INFO ABOUT HISTORY SAD THIS HAPPENED BUT IT IS PART OF OUT HISTORY .I LOOKED UP AND WATCHED MORE OF THIS PART OF HISTORY.BUT WE DO NEED TO LEAVE IT IN THE PAST WHERE IT BELONGS
2654064
This is a well written historical account of an important piece of history. I would say that this is a must read for anyone born in the last one hundred years.
350822
The content of this book is valuable and a worthwhile addition to the world's research on Morocco. It is also a rather dry read. If you are interested in the facts and details you will appreciate the book. If you want to experience the life behind the events, you might be a bit disappointed.
2724419
History has always interested me. Having been to Pompeii myself, It showed parts that were not discovered  at that time.  It was beautifully and respectfuly done.
i would recommend this.
1711812
Always brave, curious, and adventurous, Sybilla finally settled in Mogador. It was a busy port town of Morocco. Her husband managed the business of Sybilla's father shipping company. It was not until some horrible events later that she was forced to take over the business.
This book gave some insight to Morocco's rich history and culture. Heavily influenced by Islam, it was pretty interesting to read how foreigners in the 19th century adapted to the life there.
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Centuries-old travelogues tend to have this archaic, dusty sort of air about them.  We can't identify with the people who wrote them because the language in no way resembles ours.  This is of course the fault of those  who translate those documents.  Then too, travellers of medieval times or  earlier tended to write about things not so much of interest today.  In THE  ADVENTURES OF IBN BATTUTA, Ross E. Dunn has successfully avoided these  problems by writing ABOUT the 14th century North African traveller, Ibn  Battuta, not just translating his book.  Ibn Battuta (1304-1368) travelled  around the civilized world of his day.  Surprisingly enough for Eurocentric  folks, the term "civilized" only included Spain at that time.  It  did, however, include most of the Islamic regions on earth, plus India and  China.  Dunn includes chapters on Tangier, North Africa,  Egypt-Syria-Palestine, Mecca, Persia and Iraq, Yemen, Oman, and East  Africa, Constantinople, Anatolia, Central Asia, India and the Maldives,  China, Spain, and Mali---across the Sahara in West Africa.  In each, he  gives a picture of the times in that particular place, what Ibn Battuta  said he saw and what he must have seen or experienced but didn't mention.  Dunn recounts many of the Moroccan's interesting adventures, from being  jailed in Delhi to trying as a judge to forbid Maldivian women going  topless in public. Dunn also places Ibn Battuta in a framework of a  hemisphere-wide Islamic civilization and as an ambitious semi-scholar who  was perhaps not so well studied as he wanted people to believe. So, not  only is this book a record of Ibn Battuta's life and voyages, it is a very  interesting commentary on a large part of the world in the 14th century and  the life story of a particular individual.  If you like history, if you are  interested in what was happening in the world beyond Europe in the days  when "knights were bold" [and illiterate], read this book.  It  comes with good maps and some black and white photographs of places that  might still look a bit like what they did in Ibn Battuta's time.
2460242
History well done. Brought forward to the the  present.
3557805
This is one from back in the day but still has a present day purpose.
657689
This is a history of the restoration of a wonderful complex of 30s buildings, designed as a TB sanatorium, long neglected and now, at least in part, brought back to "life." It is a real treasure for The Netherlands to have saved this remarkable construction! The publication has many illustrations, plans, etc.
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The device is very antique looking. It reminds me of something from a byzantine empire era. I like it a lot. The grinder itself can be a bit stiff at first, but it will loosen up after uses. For the price its a win.