Islam and the Arab World: Faith, People, CultureBernard Lewis In this book thirteen eminent authorities provide a long-overdue and highly rewarding survey of Islamic culture and history, from the days of the Prophet Muhammad to modern times. The names of the contributors and their academic affiliations appear on the back of this book jacket. Their specific subjects cover: the faith of Islam and the people who embraced it; Islamic art and architecture; the growth and culture of urban Islam; the mystic path of the Sufi tradition; Islamic literature; Islamic music--its philosophy theory, and practice; Islamic contributions to the development of science; strategy, tactics, and weapons in Islamic warfare; the golden age of Cordoba and Granada; the flowering of Iranian civilization; the rise and fall of Turkish domination; Muslim India; problems and prospects of the 19th and 20th centuries. The comprehensive text is supplemented with close to 500 illustrations, 160 of them in color. |
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... civilization of Islam - the splendor of its arts , the originality and influence of its science and philosophy , the sweep of its political and cultural history , the texture of its life through the ages - is here encompassed , explored ...
... civilization of Islam - the splendor of its arts , the originality and influence of its science and philosophy , the sweep of its political and cultural history , the texture of its life through the ages - is here encompassed , explored ...
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... civilization . A distinguished Islamicist , S. D. Goitein , has called Islam the intermediate civilization . The term is apt . In time , the golden age of Islam lies between the pioneering civilizations of antiquity , Middle Eastern and ...
... civilization . A distinguished Islamicist , S. D. Goitein , has called Islam the intermediate civilization . The term is apt . In time , the golden age of Islam lies between the pioneering civilizations of antiquity , Middle Eastern and ...
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... civilization , lacking its own tradition , was ready to borrow from its predecessors . Mosque plans , as we have seen , were based on pre - Islamic concepts , while the hammam followed a Roman prototype . In the decorative arts , the ...
... civilization , lacking its own tradition , was ready to borrow from its predecessors . Mosque plans , as we have seen , were based on pre - Islamic concepts , while the hammam followed a Roman prototype . In the decorative arts , the ...
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