The Obelisk and the Englishman 1KBBN The authors primarily tell a

The authors primarily tell a celebratory tale

and how the rivalry between the Sunni Ottomans and Shi'i Safavids ensured that the split would continue into the modern age

Now with a photo cover

Chapters incorporate features designed to promote learning: Key points offer quick summaries of chapter content

this radical reinterpretation of Hegel's philosophy will be of great interest to Hegel scholars and students of philosophy

The Obelisk and the Englishman 1KBBN The authors primarily tell aScholarly, mischievous, and driven by curiosity about the unknown, William John Bankes (1786 1855) was a complex and talented member of England's landed gentry. A friend of Lord Byron, he achieved recognition on several fronts as a daring explorer of ancient lands, notably Egypt and Petra; as a brilliant art collector, illustrator, and remodeler of Kingston Lacy, his family estate in Dorset; and, unfortunately, as the focus of a homophobic sex