Histories of the Islamic Countries Using Diverse and Sundry Sources:
Volume 4: Granada from 1400 to the Early Industrial Period
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Author’s Preface
I and my colleagues writing this series of Histories of the Islamic States are committed to bringing a vast array of sources to the study of the times. We are using the usual royal archives and documents from the period, but we are also anxious to use diaries, private letters, songs, poetry and and other source that sheds some light on the period and the people of the period.
The period, as you no doubt know can be associated with a few over-arching characteristics or themes. Among these are:
As a final note, these Histories are covered by the following legal conventions: EU3Complete (covering all European countries and their dependencies), MAC v1.02 (or the Multi-Authority Copyright) and MMP v1.5 (Manhattan Millennium Protocol which covers copyright issues under all other legal entities) - please feel free to contact the University’s legal Department for more information on the details of those if you wish to use any portion of these Histories in schools or other public venues.
Volume 4: Granada from 1400 to the Early Industrial Period
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Author’s Preface
I and my colleagues writing this series of Histories of the Islamic States are committed to bringing a vast array of sources to the study of the times. We are using the usual royal archives and documents from the period, but we are also anxious to use diaries, private letters, songs, poetry and and other source that sheds some light on the period and the people of the period.
The period, as you no doubt know can be associated with a few over-arching characteristics or themes. Among these are:
- Unlike earlier periods in history when a single or several countries seemed to be blessed by Dame Fortune (the Egyptians under the major dynasties, the Persians, Alexander the Great, and the Romans in particular, etc.), during this period there seemed to be no Lucky Countries (as I think of them). Instead, each country prospered or failed based on the native capabilities of its rulers and people.
- From sheer number of wars, revolutions, revolts and the like, what I think of as the Aggressiveness Inclination (AI) of the age was high. Certainly countries (meaning the leaders of those countries in all the varieties that existed) seemed to spring to war with hardly a moment’s thought - sometimes against a neighbor but sometimes against their own people.
- Consequently, the difficulty of life in this period was definitely Hard. Of course, the wealthy prospered as the wealthy tend to do in all places and times but even they were affected by the various peasant and “loyalist” uprisings that occurred, as we will see through the course of this History.
- Aside from these particular issues, the normal conditions of life seem to apply.
As a final note, these Histories are covered by the following legal conventions: EU3Complete (covering all European countries and their dependencies), MAC v1.02 (or the Multi-Authority Copyright) and MMP v1.5 (Manhattan Millennium Protocol which covers copyright issues under all other legal entities) - please feel free to contact the University’s legal Department for more information on the details of those if you wish to use any portion of these Histories in schools or other public venues.
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