A history of the Islamic world /
Hill, Fred James.
A history of the Islamic world / Fred James Hill & Nicholas Awde. - New York : Hippocrene Books, c2003. - 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Illustrated histories (Hippocrene Books (Firm) .
Includes index.
The rise of Islam. Cradle of Islam ; The Arab conquests and the age of empire ; The Abbasids and the rise of Baghdad ; Al-Andalus: Islam in Spain ; The mysticism of the Sufis ; The Crusades ; From Mongols to Mamluks ; Islam on the periphery: travels in Africa and Asia --
The age of the three great Muslim empires. The Ottomans ; The Safavids and Shi'ism: Persia reunified ; The Mughals in India --
Islam in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Creation of the nation-states ; Islam and the West: facing difficult times ; Afterword. The challenge of the future --
Key dates in Islamic history ; Key figures and dynasties in Islamic history ; Glossary of Islamic terms.
A compact history introduces Islamic civilization, outlining developments from Islam's beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to the present day.
0781810159 9780781810159
2003067504
DS35.63 / .H55 2003
909.09767
A history of the Islamic world / Fred James Hill & Nicholas Awde. - New York : Hippocrene Books, c2003. - 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Illustrated histories (Hippocrene Books (Firm) .
Includes index.
The rise of Islam. Cradle of Islam ; The Arab conquests and the age of empire ; The Abbasids and the rise of Baghdad ; Al-Andalus: Islam in Spain ; The mysticism of the Sufis ; The Crusades ; From Mongols to Mamluks ; Islam on the periphery: travels in Africa and Asia --
The age of the three great Muslim empires. The Ottomans ; The Safavids and Shi'ism: Persia reunified ; The Mughals in India --
Islam in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Creation of the nation-states ; Islam and the West: facing difficult times ; Afterword. The challenge of the future --
Key dates in Islamic history ; Key figures and dynasties in Islamic history ; Glossary of Islamic terms.
A compact history introduces Islamic civilization, outlining developments from Islam's beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to the present day.
0781810159 9780781810159
2003067504
DS35.63 / .H55 2003
909.09767