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Islamic civilization.
Alfred von Kremer 1828-1889
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שפה נוכחית
The venture of Islam [electronic resource]
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The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago.In this concluding volume of The Venture of Islam, Hodgson describes the second flowering of Islam: the Safavi, Timuri, and Ottoman em
| Title |
The venture of Islam [electronic resource] : conscience and history in a world civilization. Volume 3, The gunpowder empires and modern times / Marshall G. S. Hodgson. |
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| Publisher |
Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press |
| Creation Date |
1974 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Content |
""CONTENTS"" ""VOLUME III"" ""List of Charts"" ""List of Maps"" ""BOOK FIVE: Second Flowering: The Empires of Gunpowder Times"" ""Prologue to Book Five"" ""I. The Safavi Empire: Triumph of the Shi'ah, 1503-1722"" ""II. The Indian Timuri Empire: Coexistence of Muslims and Hindus, 1526- 1707"" ""III. The Ottoman Empire: Shari'ah-Military Alliance, 1517-1718"" ""IV. Before the Deluge: The Eighteenth Century"" ""BOOK SIX: The Islamic Heritage in the Modern World"" ""Prologue to Book Six"" ""I. The Impact of the Great Western Transmutation: The Generation of 1789"" ""II. European World Hegemony: The Nineteenth Century""""III. Modernism in Turkey: Westernization"" ""IV. Egypt and East Arab Lands: Revival of the Heritage"" ""V. Iran and the Russian Empire: The Dream of Revolution"" ""VI. Muslim India: Communalism and Universalism"" ""VII. The Drive for Independence: The Twentieth Century"" ""Epilogue: The Islamic Heritage and the Modern Conscience"" ""A Selective Bibliography for Further Reading"" ""Glossary of Selected Terms and Names"" ""Index to Volume III"" |
| Extent |
1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997007875905005171 |
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