Bibliograph

A history of the Islamic world, Fred James Hill & Nicholas Awde

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A history of the Islamic world, Fred James Hill & Nicholas Awde

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of the Islamic world

Oclc number

53880221

Responsibility statement

Fred James Hill & Nicholas Awde

Series statement

Illustrated histories Hippocrene Books Firm

Table Of Contents

The rise of Islam. Cradle of Islam ; The Arab conquests and the age of empire ; The Abbasids and the rise of Baghdad ; Al-Andalus: Islam in Spain ; The mysticism of the Sufis ; The Crusades ; From Mongols to Mamluks ; Islam on the periphery: travels in Africa and Asia -- The age of the three great Muslim empires. The Ottomans ; The Safavids and Shi'ism: Persia reunified ; The Mughals in India -- Islam in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Creation of the nation-states ; Islam and the West: facing difficult times ; Afterword. The challenge of the future -- Key dates in Islamic history ; Key figures and dynasties in Islamic history ; Glossary of Islamic terms

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