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

Van Pelt Library DS35.63 .H55 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hill, Fred James.
Contributor:
Awde, Nicholas.
Series:
Illustrated histories (Hippocrene Books (Firm))
Illustrated histories
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Islamic countries--History.
Islamic countries.
History.
Islamic civilization.
Islam--20th century.
Islam.
Physical Description:
221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Hippocrene Books, [2003]
Contents:
The Rise of Islam
Cradle of Islam 19
The Arab Conquests and the Age of Empire 32
The Abbasids and the Rise of Baghdad 52
Al-Andalus
Islam in Spain 69
The Mysticism of the Sufis 83
The Crusades 89
From Mongols to Mamluks 98
Islam on the Periphery
Travels in Africa and Asia 108
The Age of the Three Great Muslim Empires
The Ottomans 123
The Safavids and Shi'ism
Persia Reunified 147
The Mughals in India 153
Islam in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Creation of the Nation-States 165
Islam and the West
Facing Difficult Times 190
Afterword
The Challenge of the Future 204
Key Dates in Islamic History 207
Key Figures and Dynasties in Islamic History 210.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
0781810159
OCLC:
53880221

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