The Islâmic world
By: edited by William H. McNeill and Marilyn Robinson Waldman
Series: Readings in world history -- v. 6
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Islam; History; Sources; Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: PART I. The formative years 600-750; title: Introduction; title: Pre-Islâmic Arabia; title: Life of Muhammad; title: Revelation; title: Conquest and expansion; title: Crisis and compromise; title: PART II. "The Golden Age" 750-1000; title: Introduction; title: Life styles; title: Essays; title: Law; title: History; title: Theology; title: Philosophy; title: Poetry; title: Abbâsid Decline; title: PART III. Political fragmentation and cultural florescence 1000-1400; title: Introduction; title: Crusades; title: The new mysticism: theology; title: The new mysticism: poetry; title: Mongols; title: Expansion of Islâm; title: PART IV. The era of the three empires 1400-1800; title: Introduction; title: Ottoman conquest of Constantinople; title: The safavid challenge; title: Portraits of three monarchs; title: PART V. The crisis of modernization; title: Introduction; title: The plight of Islâm: poetry; title: The plight of Islâm: prose; title: Revival; title: Nationalism: the case of Turkey; title: Nationalism: the case of Pakistan; title: Reform in the Hinterland.