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Destiny disrupted : a history of the world through Islamic eyes / Tamim Ansary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ansary, Mir Tamim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--History.
- Islam.
- History.
- Islamic civilization--History.
- Islamic civilization.
- Islamic countries--History.
- Islamic countries.
- Islamic Empire--History.
- Islamic Empire.
- East and West.
- World history.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 390 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2009]
- Contents:
- The middle world
- The hijra
- Birth of the khalifate
- The schism
- Empire of the Umayyads
- The Abassid age
- Scholars, philosophers, and sufis
- Enter the Turks
- Havoc
- Rebirth
- Meanwhile in Europe
- West comes East
- The reform movements
- Industry, constitutions, and nationalism
- Rise of the secular modernists
- The crisis of modernity
- The tide turns.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781586486068
- 1586486063
- OCLC:
- 246894282
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