The Islâmic world
By: edited by William H. McNeill and Marilyn Robinson Waldman.
Contributors: McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-; Waldman, Marilyn Robinson.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic; Middle East -- Civilization; Middle East -- History
Description: Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) The Islamic World is a collection of important and representative documents from all periods of Islamic history. From the formative years in Arabia to the confrontations with and responses to modernity, these translations indicate the continuity and development of the youngest of the world's greatest civilizations. Included are historical, theological, philosophical, and political writings, as well as poetry and narratives, from Muslim writers in the Arab lands, Turkey, Persia, and other parts of the Islamic world. The editors have provided informative introductions to each historical period and to the individual texts, making this an enlightening and intriguing first look at Islamic civilization and tradition.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1973.