Author:
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Edition Statement:Modern Library ed.
Imprint:New York : Modern Library, 2000.
Descriptionxxxiv, 222 p. : maps ; 19 cm.
Note:1. Beginnings : The prophet (570-632) ; The Rashidun (632-661) ; The first fitnah -- 2. Development : The Umayyads and the second fitnah ; The religious movement ; The last years of the Umayyads (705-750) ; The Abbasids: The high caliphal period (750-935) ; The esoteric movements -- 3. Culmination : A new order (935-1258) ; The crusades ; Expansion ; The Mongols (1220-1500) -- 4. Islam triumphant : Imperial Islam (1500-1700) ; The Safavid empire ; The Moghul empire ; The Ottoman empire -- 5. Islam agonistes : The arrival of the west (1750-2000) ; What is a modern Muslim state? ; Fundamentalism ; Muslims in a minority ; The way forward -- Key figures in the history of Islam.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211)and index.
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