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100 1 _aLassner, Jacob
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245 1 0 _aIslam in the Middle Ages: the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization /
_cJacob Lassner and Michael Bonner
260 _aSanta Barbara, Calif.:
_bPraeger,
_cc2010.
300 _axxiv, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
_c25 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tArabia on the eve of Islam --
_g2.
_tMuhammad Prophet of Islam : origins --
_g3.
_tThe Prophet's mission : Mecca --
_g4.
_tThe Prophet's mission : Medina --
_g5.
_tThe Meccan response and the triumph of the ummah --
_g6.
_tSuccession, conquest, and expansion : the ummah becomes an "Arab kingdom" --
_g7.
_tThe Hashimite restoration : a revolution shaped by images of an idealized past --
_g8.
_tThe split between the Hashimites : 'Alids versus Abbasids/Shiites versus Sunnites --
_g9.
_tCentralizing power : the rise of a universal Islamic empire --
_g10.
_tEmerging cracks within the universal Islamic empire --
_g11.
_tThe changing political climate : heralding the end of the formative period of medieval Islam --
_g12.
_tThe Qur'an and its commentators --
_g13.
_tThe major themes of Muslim scripture --
_g14.
_tThe formation of Islamic law and legal tradition --
_g15.
_tThe formation of different schools of Islamic law --
_g16.
_tIslamic theology and popular religion --
_gApp. 1.
_tDynastic orders --
_gApp. 2.
_tGlossary of technical terms --
_gApp. 3.
_tChronology --
_gApp. 4.
_tIllustrations.
650 0 _aIslamic Civilization
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650 0 _aIslam
_xHistory
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651 0 _aIslamic Empire
_xHistory
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651 0 _aIslamic Empire
_xHistory
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