The Venture of Islam, Volume 1
Subtitle: The Classical Age of Islam (Venture of Islam)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 15, 1977
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 539
ISBN-13: 9780226346830
Subjects: Islam; World history; Religion - World Religions; Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas; Middle East - General; World - General; History / World; 1517-; Civilization, Islamic; History; Islamic Empire; Middle East
First sentence: The Islamicate was unique among the great civilizations of its time in failing to maintain the earlier lettered traditions of its region.