Автор: J.J. Saunders
Название: A History of Medieval Islam
Издательство: Lnd.: Taylor & Francis
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 238
Размер: 1.54 Мb
Язык: английский

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.
J.J. Saunders discusses the mission of Muhammad, the Arab conquests, the rise and decline of the empire of the Caliphs, the Isma'ilian schism and the Fatimid anti-Caliphate. He also deals with the coming of the Seljuk Turks, the Crusades and the Mongol invasions, and the character of the great Arabic civilization which led the world for so long and contributed to the Renaissance of Western Europe.
Contents
Preface
Glossary
Dates
Arabia and Her Neighbours
The Prophet
The First Conquests
The Civil Wars
The Arab Empire
The Abbasid Revolution
The Breakup of The Caliphate
The Isma‘ilian Schism
The Turkish Irruption
The Christian Counter-attack
The Mongol Disaster
The Civilization of Medieval Islam
Index