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Readings in World History 6 The Islamic World

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: I THE FORMATIVE YEARS 600-750; Introduction; Pre-Islamic Arabia; Life of Muhammad; Revelation; Conquest and Expansion; Crisis and Compromise; II "THE GOLDEN AGE" 750-1000; Introduction; Life Styles; Essays; Law; History; Theology; Philosophy; Poetry; Abbasid Decline; III POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION AND CULTURAL FLORESCENCE 1000-1400; Introduction; Crusades; The New Mysticism: Theology; The New Mysticism: Poetry; Mongols; Expansion of Islam; IV THE ERA OF THE THREE EMPIRES 1400-1800; Introduction; Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople; The Safavid Challenge;Portraits of Three Monarchs; V THE CRISIS OF MODERNIZATION 19th and 20th Centuries; Introduction; The Plight of Islam: Poetry; The Plight of Islam: Prose; Revival; Nationalism: The Case of Turkey; Nationalism: The Case of Pakistan; Reform in the Hinterland. SERIES: The Readings in World History series, ten paperbound volumes, consists of original source materials chosen to illustrate key points in the history of the world and of the interactions of its separate civilizations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 001002

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