History of the Muslim World to 1405

Name: History of the Muslim World to 1405
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Points out the unifying elements that bind together the Muslim world, and stresses the religious and political differences that inhibit unity. This text is appropriate for undergraduate courses in Muslim history, Islamic Civilization, and religious studies courses on Islam. Tradition and adaptation are the central themes of the text. > \nMuslims first appeared in the early seventh century as members of a persecuted religious movement in a sun-baked town in Arabia. Within a century, their descendants were ruling a vast territory that extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indus River valley in modern Pakistan. This region became the arena for a new cultural experiment in which Muslim scholars and creative artists synthesized and reworked the legacy of Rome, Greece, Iran, and India into a new civilization. \nA History of the Muslim World to 1405 traces the development of this civilization from the career of the Prophet Muhammad to the death of the Mongol emperor Timur Lang. Coverag;