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.

Islamic civilization--History.

Islamic civilization.

East and West.

World history.

Islamic countries--History.

Islamic countries.

Islamic Empire--History.

Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.

Summary:

We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years. In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. He clarifies why our civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe—a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganized—had somehow hijacked destiny.

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 (p. 367-370) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61039-893-9

1-282-46012-9

9786612460128

0-7867-4150-3

OCLC:

647842120