TY - BOOK AU - Kennedy,Hugh TI - When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world: the rise and fall of Islam's greatest dynasty AV - DS38.6 .K46 2005 U1 - 909.0976701 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, MA PB - Da Capo Press KW - Abbasids KW - Islam KW - History KW - Baghdad (Iraq) KW - Islamic Empire KW - 661-750 KW - 750-1258 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index; Revolution -- MansuÌr and his legacy -- HaÌruÌn al-RashiÌd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'muÌn to Mutawwakil -- Abbasid Court culture -- High noon in SaÌmarraÌ ER -