Islam :
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Islam : a short history / Karen Armstrong. - Modern Library ed. - New York : Modern Library, 2002. - xxxiv, 230 p. : maps ; 21 cm. - Modern Library chronicles .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Beginnings : The prophet (570-632) ; The Rashidun (632-661) ; The first fitnah --
2. 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 --
3. Culmination : A new order (935-1258) ; The crusades ; Expansion ; The Mongols (1220-1500) --
4. Islam triumphant : Imperial Islam (1500-1700) ; The Safavid empire ; The Moghul empire ; The Ottoman empire --
5. Islam agonistes : The arrival of the west (1750-2000) ; What is a modern Muslim state? ; Fundamentalism ; Muslims in a minority ; The way forward --
Key figures in the history of Islam --
Glossary of Arabic terms --
Suggestions for further reading.
081296618X (pbk.)
2002284120
Islam--History.
Islamic Empire--History.
BP 50 / .A69 2002
297/.09
Islam : a short history / Karen Armstrong. - Modern Library ed. - New York : Modern Library, 2002. - xxxiv, 230 p. : maps ; 21 cm. - Modern Library chronicles .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Beginnings : The prophet (570-632) ; The Rashidun (632-661) ; The first fitnah --
2. 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 --
3. Culmination : A new order (935-1258) ; The crusades ; Expansion ; The Mongols (1220-1500) --
4. Islam triumphant : Imperial Islam (1500-1700) ; The Safavid empire ; The Moghul empire ; The Ottoman empire --
5. Islam agonistes : The arrival of the west (1750-2000) ; What is a modern Muslim state? ; Fundamentalism ; Muslims in a minority ; The way forward --
Key figures in the history of Islam --
Glossary of Arabic terms --
Suggestions for further reading.
081296618X (pbk.)
2002284120
Islam--History.
Islamic Empire--History.
BP 50 / .A69 2002
297/.09