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Islam in the Middle Ages : the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization
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Islam in the Middle Ages : the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization

Author: Jacob Lassner; Michael David Bonner
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
Series: Praeger series on the Middle Ages.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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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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