Destiny disrupted : a history of the world through Islamic eyes

Destiny disrupted : a history of the world through Islamic eyes /

"We in the West share a common narrative of world history: It runs from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, through Greece and Rome, through the rise of Christianity and the Dark Ages, through the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, to industrialism, the secular state, and the trium...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Ansary, Mir Tamim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, 2009
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Islam > History.
Islamic civilization > History.
East and West.
World history.
Islamic countries > History.
Islamic Empire > History.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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.

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