1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786035903321

Autore

Blake Stephen P.

Titolo

Time in early modern Islam : calendar, ceremony, and chronology in the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman empires / / Stephen P. Blake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-61102-X

1-107-23748-3

1-139-61288-3

1-139-62218-8

1-283-94299-2

1-139-62590-X

1-139-60924-6

1-139-34330-0

1-139-61660-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

529/.327

Soggetti

Islamic calendar

Astronomy - Religious aspects - Islam

Time - Religious aspects - Islam

Islam and science - History

Iran History Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736

Mogul Empire

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman empires -- Calendar -- Ceremony -- Chronology: era -- Chronology: millenarian.

Sommario/riassunto

The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, it was the Muslim



astronomers of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires who were responsible for the major advances in mathematics, astronomy and astrology. This fascinating study compares the Islamic concept of time, and its historical and cultural significance, across these three great empires. Each empire, while mindful of earlier models, created a new temporal system, fashioning a new solar calendar and era and a new round of rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. This book contributes to our understanding of the Muslim temporal system and our appreciation of the influence of Islamic science on the Western world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910150284503321

Autore

Delattre

Titolo

2015 : entre désespoirs et espérances : Une année-charnière avec de terribles attentats et une conférence mondiale sur le climat à Paris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Les Impliqués

ISBN

9782140015113

2140015118

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Soggetti

Politics and war

Violence

Terrorism

World politics - 2005-2015

Climatic changes - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

L'annee 2015 restera sans doute dans l'Histoire comme une annee-charniere. Avec les terribles attentats de Charlie Hebdo, puis ceux du Bataclan, qui ont apporte la terreur sur Paris. La Jungle de Calais et le drame des migrants. Ces flots de folie humaine ont de quoi inquieter pour l'avenir. Journaliste durant quarante ans avant de se consacrer a la



litterature, l'auteur est habitue a analyser l'actualite. Il a ainsi l'intuition de tenir une sorte de journal d'un citoyen lambda sur cette annee 2015, pour temoigner et aussi pour trouver de bonnes raisons de garder espoir pour demain.