Description |
xii, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 394-396. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-393), chronology, and index. |
Contents |
Antecedents. Before Christianity. Before Islam -- The dawn and noon of Islam. Origins. The 'Abbasid Caliphate. The coming of the Steppe Peoples. The Mongol aftermath. The gunpowder empires --Cross-sections. The state. The economy. The elites. The commonalty. Religion and law. Culture -- The challenge of modernity. Challenge. Change. Response and reaction. New ideas. From war to war. From freedom to freedom. |
Subject |
Islam -- Middle east -- History.
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Middle East -- History.
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ISBN |
0684807122 |
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0684832801 (pbk) |
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