Introduction to Islamic civilisation /
This book is a wide-ranging and general introduction to Islamic civilisation from its origins to the present day. Writing in clear and non-technical language, Professor Savory's contributors seek answers to broad and important questions: how did a single civilisation develop in a multi-ethnic,...
| Други автори: | Savory, R. M. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1994 c1976.
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Publisher description Table of contents |
Съдържание:
- Introduction to the Middle East / G.M. Wickens
- The historical background of Islamic civilisation / C.E. Bosworth
- Islamic faith / Charles J. Adams
- God and his creation : two medieval Islamic views / Michael E. Marmura
- Law and traditional society / R.M. Savory
- Arabic literature : a living heritage / Ella Marmura
- Persian literature : an affirmation of identity / G.M. Wickens
- Turkish literature through the ages / Eleazar Birnbaum
- Islamic art : variations on themes of arabesque / R. Sandler
- The Middle East as world centre of science and medicine ; What the West borrowed from the Middle East / G.M. Wickens
- Christendom vs. Islam : 14 centuries of interaction and co-existence / R.M. Savory
- The changing concept of the individual / R. Sandler
- The modern Arab world / L.M. Kenny
- Tribalism and modern society : Iraq, a case study / Albertine Jwaideh
- Iran / W. Millward
- Turkey : from cosmopolitan empire to nation state / Eleazar Birnbaum
- Khātimah / G. Wickens.