“A dazzling sprint past the turf wars of Rome and Constantinople, Sunnis and Shi’ites… Genghis Khan and Prester John.” —John Leonard, Harper’s
List of Maps
Preface
1. Ishmael’s Children 1
2. An Elephant for Charlemagne 30
3. Crossing Frontiers 67
4. Commerce, Coexistence and Scholarship 100
5. Sieving the Koran 131
6. Epilogue 157
Chronology 162
Further Reading 166
Notes 170
Index 175
