| Description |
xv, 286 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Themes in Islamic history |
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Themes in Islamic history.
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ATLA Special Series
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-275) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. The Near East before Islam: -- Introduction -- Religions of late antiquity -- Arabia before Islam -- Early seventh century -- Part II. The Emergence of Islam, 600-750: -- Approaches and problems -- Origins of the Muslim community -- Early Islam in the Near East -- Umayyad period -- Beginnings of sectarianism -- Non-Muslims of early Islam -- 'Abbasid revolution -- Part III. The Consolidation of Islam, 750-1000: -- Issues of Islamic identity -- Religion and politics -- Shi'ism -- Formation of Sunni traditionalism -- Asceticism and mysticism -- Non-Muslim communities -- Part IV. Medieval Islam, 1000-1500: -- Medieval Islamic Near East -- Sunni 'revival'? -- Common patterns in social and political organization -- Modes of justice -- Transmission of religious knowledge -- Sufism -- Popular religion -- Epilogue: -- From medieval to modern Islam. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Islam -- Middle East -- History.
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Middle East -- Religion -- History.
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Middle East -- Civilization -- History.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 0521582148 0521588138 (DLC) 2002031470 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb08967 hdl |
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