Lewis Archibald R. Nomads and Crusaders: AD 1000-1368

Indiana University Press, 1988. — 213 p. — ISBN 0253347874.
Emphasizing geographical, maritime, institutional, and economic factors, Lewis presents a wide-ranging story of the complex rise and fall of civilizations and explores new conceptual frontiers in the study of world history.The Matrix of Old World Civilizations
East Asia and Greater India
The World of Islamic Civilization
Byzantine-Russian Civilization
The Civilization of Western Europe
Nomadic and Western European Expansion
The Assault of Western European and Nomadic Peoples, A.D. 1000-1100
The Balance Restored: Byzantium, Islam, Western Europe, China, and India, 1100-1195
Western European and Mongol Aggression, 11951270
Western European and Mongol World Domination, 1270-1368
Epilogue, 1368-1500
Bibliography
Index