TY - ADVS AU - W.Harl,Kenneth ED - The Great Courses (Firm), ED - Kanopy (Firm), TI - The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes PY - 2014/// PB - The Great Courses KW - History, Ancient KW - Education films KW - lcgft N1 - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; Kenneth W. Harl; Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014 N2 - After the Battle of Talas, Islamic expansion halted for 300 years. Explore Baghdad's emergence as an intellectual and economic center of the Islamic world as well as the religion's cultural achievements during this period, particularly in architecture. Then, learn why Turkish merchants converted to Sunni Islam - or their version of it - starting in the 8th century UR - https://tus.kanopy.com/node/5695029 UR - https://www.kanopy.com/node/5695029/external-image ER -