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Historical atlas of the Islamic world / David Nicolle.
LIBRA G1786.S1 N5 2003
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- Format:
- Map/Atlas
- Author/Creator:
- Nicolle, David, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- Historical geography.
- Islamic countries--Historical geography--Maps.
- Islamic countries.
- Islamic countries--Civilization--Maps.
- Islamic countries--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Maps.
- Atlases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas (189 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
- Scale not given.
- paper
- polychrome
- Cartographic Data:
- Scale not given.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Checkmark Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- This lavishly illustrated book presents the birth and remarkable growth of the Islamic faith and culture from the pen of a noted Islamic historian. A clear and concise view is given of Islamic civilization, religion, war, art, politics, and science. Specially designed maps complement the text, highlighting the development of Islamic civilization, its global commerce, political and social development, military achievements to the point of the reconquest of Spain at the end of the 15th century.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Arabia from Paganism to Islam: The land of the prophet, between two empires 8
- Merchants and Farmers 10
- The Bedouin 12
- A Land of Poets 14
- The Land of Sheba 16
- Neighboring Empires 18
- Links to the East 20
- Judaism in Pre-Islamic Arabia 22
- Christianity in Pre-Islamic Arabia 24
- Pre-Islamic Arabian Paganism 26
- Rumors of War 28
- Enemies in the South 30
- Mohammed the Merchant 32
- Mohammed the Prophet 34
- Chapter 2 The Rightly Guided Caliphs: Ideal rulers and the development of Islam 36
- The Unification of Arabia 38
- The Focus of Prayer 40
- Medina and the Hijaz 42
- A Place of Prayer 44
- The Word 46
- Islam for the Arabs or the World? 48
- Chapter 3 The Umayyad Century: Stabilizing the new Islamic culture 50
- Damascus: Capital of a New Empire 52
- The Dome of the Rock 54
- The Emergence of Islamic Art 56
- Literature and Reborn Sciences 58
- The Great Arab Conquests 60
- People of the Book 62
- Chapter 4 The Golden Age: Abbasid expansion of trade, knowledge, and empire 64
- Baghdad: Round City or Round Palace? 66
- From New Emperor to King of Kings 68
- Reviving World Trade 70
- The Fervent Translators 72
- The Professionals 74
- The City, the Land, and the Desert 76
- Chapter 5 Culture and Frgamentation: End and aftermath of the Abbasids 78
- Soldiers Become Kings 80
- Pupils Become Teachers 82
- Sunni and Shi'a 84
- Beyond the River 86
- Exploring the World 88
- The Disappearance of Arabia 90
- Chapter 6 The Caliphate of Cordoba: Islamic conquest of Iberia 92
- Cordoba: City of Light 94
- Mystical Islands and Whales 96
- The Tiny Kingdoms 98
- Saragossa: City on the Frontier 100
- Union with Morocco 102
- Collapse of al-Andalus 104
- Chapter 7 Threats from West and East: The Seljuks, Crusaders, and Mongols 106
- The Fatimids 108
- Barbarians from the West 110
- Holding the Line 112
- An Islamic Hero 114
- A New Catastrophe 116
- Slaves Victorious: Rise of the Mamluks 118
- Chapter 8 Age of the Mamluks: Militaristic rule of a slave caste 120
- Not Mere Soldiers 122
- The Army is the State 124
- Beauty Without Gold 126
- Cairo, Mother of the World 128
- Textiles as Treasure 130
- Failure of an Elite 132
- Chapter 9 Islam in the East: The forgotten frontier 134
- Out of Afghanistan 136
- The Mongols Become Muslims 138
- Tamerlane 140
- The Far North 142
- Sultans of Delhi 144
- New Thrusts 146
- Chapter 10 Islam in Africa: The struggle for the Dark Continent 148
- Islam in East Africa 150
- From Cross to Crescent 152
- An African Empire in Europe 154
- Gold of Mali 156
- Ibn Battuta, the Greatest Traveler 158
- The University of Timbuktu 160
- Chapter 11 Rise of the Ottomans: Storming into Europe 162
- Who Were the Ottomans? 164
- Advancing into Europe 166
- Edirne, the Jewel City 168
- Seizing the Red Apple 170
- Sultan and Caesar 172
- The Ottomans Turn East 174
- Chapter 12 Twilight in the West: Driven away in the Reconquista 176
- Subjects of the Christian Kings 178
- The Walled City of Fez 180
- Islam on the Defensive 182
- The Golden Evening 184
- The Fall of Granada 186
- Moors and Moriscos 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [190]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816053324
- OCLC:
- 53037088
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