TY - BOOK AU - Stierlin, Henry TI - Islam from Baghdad to Cordoba: early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century SN - 9783836510592 U1 - 720.917671 PY - 2009/// CY - Hong Kong : PB - Taschen KW - AR KW - Islamic architecture KW - Architecture KW - Medieval N1 - Translated from the French. Originally published 1996; Introduction : the origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus -- Umayyad palaces -- Umayyad splendor in Cordoba -- The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate -- The diversity of Muslim Egypt -- The disintegration of the far western empire -- Upheavals in the near east -- Conclusion : new concepts of space ER -