| Description |
xxx, 1002 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 929-974. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- Part I. The Origins of Islamic Civilisation: the Middle East from c.600 to c.1200: Introduction: Middle Eastern societies before the advent of Islam -- The Preaching of Islam: Arabia -- The life of the Prophet -- The Arab-Muslim Imperium (632-945): The Arab conquests and the socio-economic bases of empire -- The Caliphate -- Cosmopolitan Islam: the Islam of the imperial elite -- Urban Islam: the Islam of the religious elites -- Islamic culture and the separation of state and religion -- The fall of the Abbasid empire -- From Islamic Culture to Islamic Society: Iran and Iraq, 945-c.1200: The post-Abbasid Middle Eastern state system -- Muslim communities and Middle Eastern societies -- The collective ideal -- The personal ethic -- Conclusion: the Middle Eastern Islamic paradigm. |
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Part II. The Worldwide Diffusion of Islamic Societies from the Tenth to the Nineteenth Century: Introduction: the Islamic world and the rise of Europe; The Middle Eastern Islamic Societies: -- Iran: the Mongol, Timurid, and Safavid empires -- The Turkish migrations and the Ottoman Empire -- The Arab Middle East -- Islamic North Africa and Spain to the nineteenth century -- Inner Asia from the Mongol conquests to the nineteenth century -- The Indian subcontinent: the Delhi Sultanates and the Mughal empire -- 19. The formation of Islamic societies in Southeast Asia; -- Islam in Africa: Islam in Sudanic, savannah, and forest West Africa -- Islam in East Africa and the rise of European colonial empires -- |
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Part III. The Modern Transformation: Muslim Peoples in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Introduction: modernity and the transformation of Muslim societies: Nationalism and Islam in the Middle East: Iran: state and religion in the modern era -- The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the modernisation of Turkey -- Egypt: secularism and Islamic modernity -- The Arab Middle East: Arabism, military states, and Islam -- North Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Secularism and Islam in Central and Southern Asia: The Indian subcontinent: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh -- Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia -- Inner Asia under Russian and Chinese rule -- Islam in Twentieth Century Africa: Islam in West Africa -- Islam in East Africa -- Conclusion: secularised Islam and Islamic revival -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Islamic countries -- History.
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Islam -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
Islamic civilization, to 1975 |
| ISBN |
0521225523 |
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