Britannica Guide to the Islamic World
1st Edition
Published on 2. February 2009
462 pages
978-1-59339-849-1 (ISBN)
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Part of the Britannica Guide series offers an essential introduction to many of the key issues of our times. Clear, accurate, and meticulously researched, the series gives both the background and analysis for when you need to know for sure what is really
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Transition and Change in the Islamic World
- Part 1 What is Islam?
- 1 Who was Muhammad?
- 2 The Foundations of Islam
- 3 Islamic Thought, Beliefs, and Practice
- Part 2 Islamic World History
- 4 The Age of Muhammad and the Caliphate
- 5 The Flowering of Islam
- 6 Expansion, Reform, and Renewal
- Part 3 Islam in the Modern World
- 7 Islamic Revivalism
- 8 Islamist Fundamentalism
- 9 The Twenty-first Century
- Part 4 The Islamic Arts
- 10 Architecture
- 11 Visual and Decorative Arts
- 12 Literature
- Part 5 Places - The Islamic World Today
- Glossary
- A
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- M
- Q
- S
- T
- U
- W
- Z
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
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