Review General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret) "Tamim Ansary has written a truely superb history of the Islamic worl
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English Pages 390 Year 2009
Table of contents :
The middle world --
The hijra --
Birth of the khalifate --
The schism --
Empire of the Umayyads --
The Abassid age --
Scholars, philosophers, and sufis --
Enter the Turks --
Havoc --
Rebirth --
Meanwhile in Europe --
West comes East --
The reform movements --
Industry, constitutions, and nationalism --
Rise of the secular modernists --
The crisis of modernity --
The tide turns.