A history of Islamic societies

"This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the insights of new scholarship and updated to include historical developments in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Lapidus's history explores the b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lapidus, Ira M. [ (Ira Marvin)] (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2014
Edition:3rd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The beginnings of Islamic civilizations
  • 2. From Islamic community to Islamic society
  • 3. The global expansion of Islam from the seventh to the nineteenth centuries
  • 4. The modern transformation : Muslim peoples from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries