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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jacob Lassner; Michael David Bonner |
| ISBN: | 9780275985691 0275985695 9780313047091 031304709X |
| OCLC Number: | 262892808 |
| Description: | xxiv, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Arabia in the eve of Islam -- Muhammad the prophet of Islam : origins -- The prophet's mission : Mecca -- The prophet's mission : Medina -- The Meccan response and the triumph of the ummah -- Succession, conquest, and expansion: the ummah becomes an 'Arab kingdom' -- The Hashimite restoration : a revolution shaped by images of an idealized past -- The split between the Hashimites : 'Alids versus Abbasids/Shi'ites versus Sunnites -- Centralzing power : the rise of a universal Islamic empire -- Emerging cracks within the universal Islamic empire -- The changing political climate : heralding the end of the formative period of medieval Islam -- The Qur'an and its commentators -- The major themes of Muslim scripture -- The formation of Islamic law and legal tradition -- The formation of different schools of Islamic law -- Islamic theology and popular religion. |
| Series Title: | Praeger series on the Middle Ages. |
| Responsibility: | Jacob Lassner and Michael Bonner. |
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