TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lassner,Jacob
TI  - Islam in the Middle Ages: the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization
SN  - 9780275985691 (hard copy : alk. paper)
U1  - 953.02 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Islamic Civilization
KW  - Islam
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic Empire
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Arabia on the eve of Islam --; 2; Muhammad Prophet of Islam : origins --; 3; The Prophet's mission : Mecca --; 4; The Prophet's mission : Medina --; 5; The Meccan response and the triumph of the ummah --; 6; Succession, conquest, and expansion : the ummah becomes an "Arab kingdom" --; 7; The Hashimite restoration : a revolution shaped by images of an idealized past --; 8; The split between the Hashimites : 'Alids versus Abbasids/Shiites versus Sunnites --; 9; Centralizing power : the rise of a universal Islamic empire --; 10; Emerging cracks within the universal Islamic empire --; 11; The changing political climate : heralding the end of the formative period of medieval Islam --; 12; The Qur'an and its commentators --; 13; The major themes of Muslim scripture --; 14; The formation of Islamic law and legal tradition --; 15; The formation of different schools of Islamic law --; 16; Islamic theology and popular religion --; App. 1; Dynastic orders --; App. 2; Glossary of technical terms --; App. 3; Chronology --; App. 4; Illustrations
ER  -