| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 844 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The new Cambridge history of Islam ; v. 4 |
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New Cambridge history of Islam ; v. 4
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| Contents |
Introduction / Robert Irwin -- RELIGION AND LAW -- Islam / Jonathan P. Berkey -- Sufism / Alexander Knysh -- Varieties of Islam / Farhad Daftary -- Islamic law: history and transformation / Wael B. Hallaq -- Conversion and the ahl al-dhimma / David J. Wasserstein -- Muslim societies and the natural world / Richard W. Bulliet -- SOCIETIES, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS -- Legitimacy and political organisation: caliphs, kings and regimes / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- The city and the nomad / Hugh Kennedy -- Rural life and economy until 1800 / Andrew M. Watson -- Demography and migration / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- The mechanisms of commerce / Warren C. Schultz -- Women, gender and sexuality / Manuela Marín -- LITERATURE -- Arabic literature / Julia Bray -- Persian literature / Dick Davis -- Turkish literature / Çiǧdem Balim Harding -- Urdu literature / Shamsur Rahman Faruqi -- History writing / Li Guo -- Biographical literature / Michael Cooperson -- Muslim accounts of the dār al-ḥarb / Michael Bonner and Gottfried Hagen -- LEARNING, ARTS AND CULTURE -- Education / Francis Robinson -- Philosophy / Richard C. Taylor -- The sciences in Islamic societies (750-1800) / Sonja Brentjes and Robert G. Morrison -- Occult sciences and medicine / S. Nomanul Haq -- Literary and oral cultures / Jonathan Bloom -- Islamic art and architecture / Marcus Milwright -- Music / Amnon Shiloah -- Cookery / David Waines |
| Summary |
The themes treated in this volume include religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and even cookery |
| Notes |
Title from home page (viewed June 21, 2011) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 772-844) and index |
| Subject |
Islam -- History -- To 1500
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Islamic civilization.
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Civilization
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Islam
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Islamic civilization
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| SUBJECT |
Islamic countries -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068437
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| Subject |
Islamic countries
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Irwin, Robert, 1946- editor.
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| ISBN |
113905614X |
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9781139056144 |
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9781139056144 |
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