Here is where it all started people. I don't know if most of you knew the book was free, on the net. It's excellent, it's long, it's biased, it's overly religious, but it's the Arabian Nights!
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/burt1k1/index.htmRead it all in order if you want to understand the scheme of the whole thing. You'll be at it for days. I know I was .