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Jews & Muslims: Intimate Strangers, 2, The Place of the Other  (721-1789)
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directed by Karim Miské, 1964-; produced by Anne Labro and Jean Labib, fl. 1981, Film Ideas, in Jews & Muslims: Intimate Strangers, 2 (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2014), 52 mins
In the year 721, the Muslim Empire was vast.  Across the empire Jews and Christians were minorities motivated by a desire to obtain the most favorable status.  Their quest for an elevated status within the empire did not hinder cultural exchanges as can be determined with the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, nor prev...
directed by Karim Miské, 1964-; produced by Anne Labro and Jean Labib, fl. 1981, Film Ideas, in Jews & Muslims: Intimate Strangers, 2 (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2014), 52 mins
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Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors, Episode 2, The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors
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presented by Rageh Omaar, 1967-; produced by Faris Kermani, fl. 2006, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 53 mins
This fascinating series, presented by Rageh Omaar, recounts the epic story of one of the largest and most influential empires in world history from its origins in the thirteenth century through to its bloody final throes on the battlefields of WWI – and looks also at how, with the Empire collapsed, the European...
presented by Rageh Omaar, 1967-; produced by Faris Kermani, fl. 2006, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 53 mins
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Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors, Episode 3, The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors
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directed by Gillian Bancroft, fl. 1998; presented by Rageh Omaar, 1967-; produced by Gillian Bancroft, fl. 1998, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 54 mins
This fascinating series, presented by Rageh Omaar, recounts the epic story of one of the largest and most influential empires in world history from its origins in the thirteenth century through to its bloody final throes on the battlefields of WWI – and looks also at how, with the Empire collapsed, the European...
directed by Gillian Bancroft, fl. 1998; presented by Rageh Omaar, 1967-; produced by Gillian Bancroft, fl. 1998, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 54 mins
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Story of India, 6, Freedom
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directed by Jeremy Jeffs, fl. 1996; produced by Leo Eaton, in Story of India, 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2008, originally published 2008), 55 mins
This last episode in the series The Story of India tells how a foreign multinational (the East India Company) thousands of miles away gradually and almost by chance took power over great swathes of the Indian subcontinent; how after the horrendous shock of the 1857 'Mutiny' the British state took over and turned t...
directed by Jeremy Jeffs, fl. 1996; produced by Leo Eaton, in Story of India, 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2008, originally published 2008), 55 mins
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