The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
- New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996
- 328 p., ill., maps (some col.); 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index.
Foreword / The Rise of Islam in the World / The Emergence of the Islamic World System 1000-1500 / The Islamic World in the Age of European Expansion 1500-1800 / The Islamic World in the Era of Western Domination 1800 to the Present / The Economy in Muslim Societies / The Ordering of Muslim Societies / Knowledge, its Transmission and the Making of Muslim Societies / Artistic Expressions of Muslim Societies / Rulers of the Islamic World. Ira M. Lapidus -- Patricia Crone -- Robert Irwin -- Stephen E. Dale -- Sarah Ansari -- K. N. Chaudhuri -- Basim Musallam -- Francis Robinson -- Stephen Vernoit -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"For most of the period from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, the Muslim world was dominant in terms both of geographical spread and creativity. Today Muslims account for one fifth of the world's population. Yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is." "Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this paradox. Dismantling the western perception of Islam as a monolithic culture, they examine the economic basis of Muslim societies - their social ordering, their forms of knowledge and its transmission, and their expression in art, architecture and in the courtly arts and their modern developments." "Particular emphasis is placed on the interrelationship between the Islamic world and the West - both share many of the same religious, intellectual and cultural roots. The book demonstrates that it is only recently that western ways came to dominate. Both civilizations owe much to one another."--BOOK JACKET.
0521435102
Islamic countries--History
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index.
Foreword / The Rise of Islam in the World / The Emergence of the Islamic World System 1000-1500 / The Islamic World in the Age of European Expansion 1500-1800 / The Islamic World in the Era of Western Domination 1800 to the Present / The Economy in Muslim Societies / The Ordering of Muslim Societies / Knowledge, its Transmission and the Making of Muslim Societies / Artistic Expressions of Muslim Societies / Rulers of the Islamic World. Ira M. Lapidus -- Patricia Crone -- Robert Irwin -- Stephen E. Dale -- Sarah Ansari -- K. N. Chaudhuri -- Basim Musallam -- Francis Robinson -- Stephen Vernoit -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"For most of the period from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, the Muslim world was dominant in terms both of geographical spread and creativity. Today Muslims account for one fifth of the world's population. Yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is." "Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this paradox. Dismantling the western perception of Islam as a monolithic culture, they examine the economic basis of Muslim societies - their social ordering, their forms of knowledge and its transmission, and their expression in art, architecture and in the courtly arts and their modern developments." "Particular emphasis is placed on the interrelationship between the Islamic world and the West - both share many of the same religious, intellectual and cultural roots. The book demonstrates that it is only recently that western ways came to dominate. Both civilizations owe much to one another."--BOOK JACKET.
0521435102
Islamic countries--History