TY  - BOOK
AU  - Armstrong,Karen
TI  - Islam: a short history 
SN  - 081296618X (pbk.)
AV  - BP 50 .A69 2002
U1  - 297/.09 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Modern Library
KW  - Islam
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic Empire
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random054/2002284120.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2002284120.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0413/2002284120.html
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