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Islam : a short history / Karen Armstrong.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern Library chroniclesPublication details: New York : Modern Library, 2002.Edition: Modern Library edDescription: xxxiv, 230 p. : maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 081296618X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297/.09 21
LOC classification:
  • BP 50 .A69 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BP 50 .A69 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA000905 1 Available AUA000905
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BP 50 .A69 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA000906 2 Available AUA000906

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.