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

By:

Hill, Fred James

Contributor(s):

Awde, Nicholas

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Illustrated histories (Hippocrene Books (Firm)Publication details: New York : Hippocrene Books, c2003.Description: 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:

0781810159
9780781810159

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

909.09767 22

LOC classification:

DS35.63 .H55 2003

Contents:

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.

Summary: A compact history introduces Islamic civilization, outlining developments from Islam's beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to the present day.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	909.09767 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	03/08/2026	3010034186

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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.

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