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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975307003321

Autore

Saunders J. J (John Joseph), <1910-1972, >

Titolo

History of Medieval Islam / / by J.J. Saunders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1990

ISBN

1-134-93005-4

1-280-32533-X

0-203-19976-6

0-203-31704-1

1-134-93006-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 219 p. : maps

Disciplina

909/.097671

Soggetti

Islam - History

Islamic countries History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1965 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Arabia and her neighbours -- 2. The prophet -- 3. The first conquests -- 4. The civil wars -- 5. The Arab empire -- 6. The Abbasid revolution -- 7. The breakup of the Caliphate -- 8. The Isma'ilian schism -- 9. The Turkish irruption -- 10. The Christian counter-attack -- 11. The Mongol disaster -- 12. The civilization of medieval Islam.

Sommario/riassunto

This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical evolution during the Middle Ages, and will help the non-Orientalist to understand something of the relationship between Islam and Christendom in those centuries.