A history of the Muslim world to 1405 : the making of a civilization / Vernon O. Egger
Imprint
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004
Descript
xvi, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Formative oeriod, 610-950: Origins ; Arab imperialism ; Development of sectarianism ; Center cannot hold: Three caliphates ; Synthesis and creativity -- A civilization under siege, 950-1260: Filling the vacuum of power, 950-1100 ; Barbarians at the gates, 1100-1260 ; Consolidation of traditions ; Muslim commonwealth -- Mongol hegemony, 1260-1405: Great transformation ; Unity and diversity in Islamic traditions