189 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Original Version
Previously published: New York : Checkmark, 2003.
Summary
Maps, articles, and illustrations chronicle the history of the Islamic world from the time of Mohammad to the beginning of the sixteenth century, covering the peoples, politics, culture, and arts of each time period and country.
Contents
Arabia from Paganism to Islam -- The rightly guided Caliphs -- The Umayyad century -- The golden age -- Culture and fragmentation -- The Caliphate of Cordoba -- Threats from West and East -- Age of the Mamluks -- Islam in the East -- Islam in Africa -- Rise of the Ottomans -- Twilight in the West.
