Islamic Imperialism
Subtitle: A History
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300122633
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies; Islam - History; History; History - General History; History: World; Middle East; Ottoman Empire; Middle East - General; History / Middle East
First sentence: According to Muslim tradition, it all began one night during the latter part of Ramadan, the ninth month of the lunar year, around the year 610 C.E. Muhummad ibn Abdallah, a forty-year-old merchant from the town of Mecca in the Hijaz, the northwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula, was sleeping soundly in a cave on nearby Mount Hira, where he used to spend several nights at a time in prayer and meditation, when he was suddenly awoken by a heavenly voice telling him that he was the Messenger of God.