ISBN:
9780691236575
Language:
English
Pages:
lxi, 895 Seiten
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Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cook, Michael, 1940- History of the Muslim world
DDC:
909/.09767
Keywords:
General & world history
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Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
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Geschichte der Religion
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Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens
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Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
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HIS065000
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HISTORY / Middle East / General
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HISTORY / World
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History of religion
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History: specific events & topics
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Islam
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Islam
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Middle Eastern history
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RELIGION / Islam / General
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RELIGION / Islam / History
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Islamic countries History
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Islamic Empire History
Abstract:
"In Michael Cook's words, this book is "about a substantial slice of human history delimited by a particular cultural characteristic: adherance to Islam in some form or other. [...] A commitment to Islam makes a difference. Wherever a society and its rulers have come to be Muslim, this has meant a major discontinuity with its pre-Islamic past and a significant expansion of its relations with the wider Muslim world." Starting in the pre-Islamic Middle East, Cook returns a sense of wonder to how Muhammad could not only become a prophet of a new monotheistic religion but also unite the Arab tribes behind it and create a state that would conquer much of the territory that belonged to the Byzantines and the Sasanians, the two empires that had balanced power in the region for hundreds of years. Exploring the high culture of the Abbasids, Cook then charts the disintegration of the Caliphate and the brief rise of the Fatimids and the Mongols of the Steppe. He covers the Ottomans (Turkish), Safavids (Iranian), Mughals (India), and ventures to East Africa, Madagascar, Somalia, Southeast Asia, and many places between. An epilogue gestures to major themes in the post-1800 world"--
Abstract:
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muáammad to the birth of the modern eraThis book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of the book takes readers from the origins of Islam to the eve of the nineteenth century, and an epilogue continues the story to the present day. Michael Cook thus provides a broad history of a civilization remarkable for both its unity and diversity.After setting the scene in the Middle East of late antiquity, the book depicts the rise of Islam as one of the great black swan events of history. It continues with the spectacular rise of the Caliphate, an empire that by the time it broke up had nurtured the formation of a new civilization. It then goes on to cover the diverse histories of all the major regions of the Muslim world, providing a wide-ranging account of the key military, political, and cultural developments that accompanied the eastward and westward spread of Islam from the Middle East to the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific.At the same time, A History of the Muslim World contains numerous primary-source quotations that expose the reader to a variety of acutely insightful voices from the Muslim past
Description / Table of Contents:
The Middle East in Late Antiquity -- Muḥammad -- The Caliphate from the Seventh to the Ninth Century -- The Break-Up of the Caliphate in the West -- The Break-Up of the Caliphate in the East -- The Break-Up of the Caliphate in the Central Muslim World -- The Turks, the Mongols, and Islam in the Steppes -- Iran and Central Asia -- The Turks in the Western Middle East in Medieval Times -- The Ottoman Empire-India -- The Indian Ocean-Africa -- The Arabs -- The Muslim World and the West.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Zielgruppe: 5PGP, Bezug zu Muslimen/Moslems und islamischen Gruppen
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