LibGuides: Foundations: Islamic Empires: Caliphate of Cordoba

CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA, 929-1031

Almanzor's construction at Cordoba's mosque. Cordoba. Spain. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Accessed Feb 22, 2021.
https://quest.eb.com/search/164_3221183/1/164_3221183/cite.

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Cordoba

Alternate spelling: Cordova

Secondary Sources

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General (more than one civilization)

Cities of destiny / edited by Arnold Toynbee. G140 .T69 1967 (Oversize book)
India: Art and Culture, 1300-1600 / Stuart Cary Welch. N7301 .W45 1985 (Oversize book)
A history of Islamic societies / Ira M. Lapidus. DS35.63 .L37 2014
Islamic art / David Talbot Rice. N6260 .R53 1965
Islamic empires: the cities that shaped civilization from Mecca to Dubai / Justin Marozzi. DS36.855 M37 2020
Palace and mosque: Islamic art from the Victoria and Albert Museum / Tim Stanley. N6264 L673 2004
The Oxford history of Islam / edited by John L. Esposito. BP50 . O95 1999

Caliphate of Cordoba

Caliphs and kings: Spain, 796-1031 / Roger Collins. DP99 .C584 2012
The Horizon concise history of Spain / Melveena McKendrick. DP66 .M25
Kingdoms of faith: a new history of Islamic Spain / Brian A. Catlos. DP102 .C38 2018
The legacy of Islam / Edited by Thomas Arnold and Alfred Guillaume. D199.3 A7
The story of architecture / Jonathan Glancy. NA200 .G527 2003
A vanished world: medieval Spain's golden age of enlightenment / Chris Lowney. DP99 .L695 2005

Contains Primary Sources = contains primary source material

Primary Sources

Primary Sources

Sources created by those who lived it

Any document, image, or artifact created at the time of the topic being researched is a primary source.

Examples include: eyewitness accounts, memoirs, household and day-to-day objects, textiles and clothing, coins, works of art and architecture.

See the Images page for information on finding images of artifacts, buildings, coinage, etc. from your empire.

Please note: primary source documents and images are a reflection of the time and culture in which they were created and may contain language or images that are considered offensive today.

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Primary Sources in Books / eBooks

Cities of destiny / edited by Arnold Toynbee. G140 .T69 1967 (Oversize book)
Palace and mosque: Islamic art from the Victoria and Albert Museum / Tim Stanley. N6264 L673 2004
The story of architecture / Jonathan Glancy. NA200 .G527 2003

Primary Sources on the Internet

Ibn Abd-el-Hakem: The Islamic Conquest of Spain From the Internet History Sourcebook (ca 711; English translation) The selection comes from the History of the Conquest of Spain by the Egyptian Ibn Abd-el-Hakem (d. 870 or 871 )...He mixes myths and fact in his account, which was written a century and a half after the events it describes.

On the arts of the Caliphate of Cordoba

The Art of the Umayyad Period in Spain (711–1031) Essay with links to images from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Great Mosque of Cordoba Essay by Dr. Shadieh Mirmobiny with images.

Primary Sources in Databases

Modern World History This link opens in a new window
Click on the Primary Sources or Images tab above your search result list. NOTE: Citations can be exported to NoodleTools
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras This link opens in a new window
Use the Filters button at the top of your search results list to select Documents and media, which may include primary source artifacts and images. NOTE: Citations can be exported to NoodleTools.

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NoodleTools Tips for Citing Primary Sources

PLEASE NOTE: Do not copy and paste complete citations from electronic sources. NoodleTools cannot generate footnotes from copied and pasted citations.

To cite a primary source, first choose the NoodleTools option that best describes where you found it:

Database = a document found in a Taft Subscription Database such as Gale in Context: World History.
- You must provide the permanent URL for your source. Look for any of the following on the page: permalink, persistent link, stable link, durable link, "Get link",Cite, or Citable Link.
Website = a document found on the Websites section of the course guide, found through a web directory like SweetSearch or a search engine such as Google.
Print or In Hand = a document found in a book in the library. For example: in a reference book or a secondary source.

Next determine what kind of primary source you are citing:

Look at the list of options in NoodleTools. Is it a newspaper article, a speech, a letter, or another item listed? If so, choose that item type.
If you are not sure, you can use "Anthology / Collection" which enables you to cite a source found within another source.

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Foundations: Islamic Empires: Caliphate of Cordoba