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The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world

"For most of the period from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, the Muslim world was dominant in terms both of geographical spread and creativity. Today Muslims account for one fifth of the world's population. Yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is." "Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this paradox. Dismantling the western perception of Islam as a monolithic culture, they examine the economic basis of Muslim societies - their social ordering, their forms of knowledge and its transmission, and their expression in art, architecture and in the courtly arts and their modern developments." "Particular emphasis is placed on the interrelationship between the Islamic world and the West - both share many of the same religious, intellectual and cultural roots. The book demonstrates that it is only recently that western ways came to dominate. Both civilizations owe much to one another."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
328

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The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world
2002, Cambridge University Press
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Cover of: The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world
The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world
1996, Cambridge University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

The rise of Islam in the world / Patricia Crone
The emergence of the Islamic world system 1000-1500 / Robert Irwin
The Islamic world in the age of European expansion 1500-1800 / Stephen F. Dale
The Islamic world in the era of western domination : 1800 to the present / Sarah Ansari
The economy in Muslim societies / K. N. Chaudhuri
The ordering of Muslim societies / Basim Musallam
Knowledge, its transmission, and the making of Muslim societies / Francis Robinson
Artistic expressions of Muslim societies / Stephen Vernoit.

Edition Notes

Originally published: Cambridge : University of Cambridge, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index.

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Islamic World

Classifications

Library of Congress
DS35.63 .C35 2005, DS35.63, DS35.63 .C35 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiii, 328 p. :
Number of pages
328

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21525354M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780521435109
ISBN 10
0521435102, 0521669936
ISBN 13
9780521435109, 9780521669931
LCCN
95037562
OCLC/WorldCat
32970075
Library Thing
22253
Goodreads
2442929
1509632

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