Destiny disrupted : a history of the world through Islamic eyes /
Tamim Ansary.
- 1st ed.
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
- xxii, 390 p. : ill., port., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-372) and index.
The middle world -- The hijra -- Birth of the khalifate -- The schism -- Empire of the Umayyads -- The Abassid age -- Scholars, philosophers, and sufis -- Enter the Turks -- Havoc -- Rebirth -- Meanwhile in Europe -- West comes East -- The reform movements -- Industry, constitutions, and nationalism -- Rise of the secular modernists -- The crisis of modernity -- The tide turns.
9781586486068 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009017698
Islam--History. Civilization, Islamic--History. East and West. World history.