Islamic civilization in thirty lives : the first 1,000 years

The Resource Islamic civilization in thirty lives : the first 1,000 years

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Islamic civilization in thirty lives : the first 1,000 years

Title remainder

the first 1,000 years

Statement of responsibility

Chase F. Robinson

Title variation

Islamic civilization in 30 lives

Language

eng

Summary

Religious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives and the ways in which they influenced their societies? In Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives, the distinguished historian of Islam, Chase F. Robinson draws on the long tradition in Muslim scholarship of commemorating in writing the biographies of notable figures, but he weaves these ambitious lives together to create a rich narrative of Islamic civilization, from the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century to the era of the world conquerer Timur and the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in the fifteenth. Beginning in Islam's heartland, Mecca, and ranging from North Africa and Iberia in the west to Central and East Asia, Robinson not only traces the rise and fall of Islamic states through the biographies of political and military leaders who worked to secure peace or expand their power, but also discusses those who developed Islamic law, scientific thought, and literature. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of rich and diverse Islamic societies

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

909/.097671

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DS36.85

LC item number

.R63 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

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