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Entry: The Wines of Provence and the Armies of Allah Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_wines_of_provence_and_the_armies_of_allah#1562 Post contents: The thesis that the Muslim conquests cut Europe off from trade with North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Eastern Asia is one that was fully explored in "A Short History of the Arab Peoples" (1978) by John Bagot Blubb. This separation between Islam and Christendom was deemed in his book to be the proximate and principal cause for the economic decline of Europe. This is not by any means a new thesis. It must be one of those every 30 year loops like the return of pyramidology, the twist, and the hula-hoop. Sent at: 2008 09 07