Islam in the Middle Ages: the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization /
Lassner, Jacob
Islam in the Middle Ages: the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization / Jacob Lassner and Michael Bonner - Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, c2010. - xxiv, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arabia on the eve of Islam -- Muhammad 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/Shiites versus Sunnites -- Centralizing 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 -- Dynastic orders -- Glossary of technical terms -- Chronology -- Illustrations. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3. App. 4.
9780275985691 (hard copy : alk. paper) 0275985695 (hard copy : alk. paper) 9780313047091 (ebook) 031304709X (ebook)
Islamic Civilization
Islam--History
Islamic Empire--History
Islamic Empire--History
953.02 / LAS/I
Islam in the Middle Ages: the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization / Jacob Lassner and Michael Bonner - Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, c2010. - xxiv, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arabia on the eve of Islam -- Muhammad 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/Shiites versus Sunnites -- Centralizing 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 -- Dynastic orders -- Glossary of technical terms -- Chronology -- Illustrations. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3. App. 4.
9780275985691 (hard copy : alk. paper) 0275985695 (hard copy : alk. paper) 9780313047091 (ebook) 031304709X (ebook)
Islamic Civilization
Islam--History
Islamic Empire--History
Islamic Empire--History
953.02 / LAS/I