The Venture of Islam
Subtitle: Conscience and History in a World Civilization (Vol. 2, The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods)
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Published: January 1975
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9780226346809
Subjects: World; History - General History; 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.