TY  - BOOK
AU  - Waldman,Marilyn Robinson
AU  - McNeill,William Hardy
TI  - The Islâmic world
SN  - 0226561550 (pbk.) :
AV  - DS57 .I84 1983
PY  - 1983///, c1973
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Islamic civilization
KW  - Middle East
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization
KW  - fast
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1973; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) The Islamic World is a collection of important and representative documents from all periods of Islamic history. From the formative years in Arabia to the confrontations with and responses to modernity, these translations indicate the continuity and development of the youngest of the world's greatest civilizations. Included are historical, theological, philosophical, and political writings, as well as poetry and narratives, from Muslim writers in the Arab lands, Turkey, Persia, and other parts of the Islamic world. The editors have provided informative introductions to each historical period and to the individual texts, making this an enlightening and intriguing first look at Islamic civilization and tradition
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