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Author Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Title Islam : a short history / Karen Armstrong.
Publication Info New York : Modern Library, 2002.
Edition Modern Library pbk. ed.


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Descript xxxiv, 230 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Edition Modern Library pbk. ed.
Contents Beginnings. The prophet (570-632) ; The rashidun (632-661) ; The first fitnah -- Development. The Umayyads and the second fitnah ; The religious movement ; The last years of the Umayyads (705-750) ; The Abbasids : the high caliphal period (750-935) ; The esoteric movements -- Culmination. A new order (935-1258) ; The crusades ; Expansion ; The Mongols (1220-1500) -- Islam triumphant. Imperial Islam (1500-1700) ; The Safavid empire ; The Moghul empire ; The Ottoman empire -- Islam agonistes. The arrival of the west (1750-2000) ; What is a modern Muslim state? ; Fundamentalism ; Muslims in a minority ; The way forward.
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Author Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Series Modern Library chronicles.
Modern Library chronicles
Subject Islam -- History.
Islamic Empire -- History.
Descript xxxiv, 230 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Edition Modern Library pbk. ed.
Contents Beginnings. The prophet (570-632) ; The rashidun (632-661) ; The first fitnah -- Development. The Umayyads and the second fitnah ; The religious movement ; The last years of the Umayyads (705-750) ; The Abbasids : the high caliphal period (750-935) ; The esoteric movements -- Culmination. A new order (935-1258) ; The crusades ; Expansion ; The Mongols (1220-1500) -- Islam triumphant. Imperial Islam (1500-1700) ; The Safavid empire ; The Moghul empire ; The Ottoman empire -- Islam agonistes. The arrival of the west (1750-2000) ; What is a modern Muslim state? ; Fundamentalism ; Muslims in a minority ; The way forward.
ISBN 9780812966183 (pbk.)
081296618X (pbk.)
Author Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Series Modern Library chronicles.
Modern Library chronicles
Subject Islam -- History.
Islamic Empire -- History.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 3rd Floor  BP 50 A7  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Islam -- History.
Islamic Empire -- History.
Descript xxxiv, 230 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Contents Beginnings. The prophet (570-632) ; The rashidun (632-661) ; The first fitnah -- Development. The Umayyads and the second fitnah ; The religious movement ; The last years of the Umayyads (705-750) ; The Abbasids : the high caliphal period (750-935) ; The esoteric movements -- Culmination. A new order (935-1258) ; The crusades ; Expansion ; The Mongols (1220-1500) -- Islam triumphant. Imperial Islam (1500-1700) ; The Safavid empire ; The Moghul empire ; The Ottoman empire -- Islam agonistes. The arrival of the west (1750-2000) ; What is a modern Muslim state? ; Fundamentalism ; Muslims in a minority ; The way forward.
ISBN 9780812966183 (pbk.)
081296618X (pbk.)
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