A history of the Muslim world : from its origins to the dawn of modernity

Cook, Michael, 1940- author.

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"In Michael Cook's words, this book is "about a substantial slice of human history delimited by a particular cultural characteristic: adherance to Islam in some form or other. [...] A commitment to Islam makes a difference. Wherever a society and its rulers have come to be Muslim, this has meant a major discontinuity with its pre-Islamic past and a significant expansion of its relations with the wider Muslim world." Starting in the pre-Islamic Mi...

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ISBN:

9780691236575

Description:

lxi, 895 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

From its origins to the dawn of modernity

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Part I: The emergence of the Muslim world. The Middle East in late antiquity
Muḥammad
The Caliphate from the seventh to the ninth century
The breakup of the Caliphate in the West
The breakup of the Caliphate in the East
The breakup of the Caliphate in the central Muslim world
Part II: The Muslim world from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. The Turks, the Mongols, and Islam in the Steppes
Iran and Central Asia
The Turks in the western Middle East in medieval times
The Ottoman Empire
India
The Indian Ocean
Africa
The Arabs
Part III: Epilogue. The Muslim world and the west

LCCN:

2023009577

Control Number:

3334022

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