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The historical evolution of Islam is explained in this detailed reference, which chronicles the history of the religion from the birth of Mohammed to the independence of former Soviet Muslim States, covering a wide variety of themes including philosophy, arts, and architecture.
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• Introduction-- Geophysical Map of the Muslim World-- Muslim Languages and Ethnic Groups-- Late Antiquity Before Islam-- Muhammad's Mission and Campaigns-- Expansion of Islam to 750-- Expansion 751-1000-- Sunnis, Shia, and Khariji 660-c.1000-- Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid-- Spread of Islam, Islamic Law, and Arabic Language-- Successor States to 1100-- The Saljuq Era-- Military Recruitment 900-1800-- Fatimid Empire 909-1171-- Trade Routes c.700-1500-- Crusader Kingdoms-- Sufi Orders 1100-1900-- Ayyubids and Mamluks-- The Mongol Invasion-- Maghreb and Spain 650-1485-- Subsaharan Africa - East-- Subsaharan Africa - West-- Jihad States-- The Indian Ocean to 1499-- The Indian Ocean 1500-1900-- The Rise of the Ottomans to 1650-- The Ottoman Empire 1650-1920-- Iran 1500-2000-- Central Asia to 1700-- India 711-1971-- Russian Expansion to Transcaucasia and Central Asia-- Expansion of Islam in Southeast Asia 1000-1800-- British, French, Dutch, and Russian Empires 19th-20th C-- Nineteenth-Century Reform Movements-- Modernization in Turkey-- The Muslim World under Colonial Domination c.1920-- Balkans, Cyprus, and Crete 1500-2000-- Muslim Minorities in China-- The Levant 1500-1920-- Prominent Travellers-- Britain in Egypt and Sudan in the 19th Century-- France in North and West Africa-- Growth of the Hajj and Other Places of Pilgrimage-- Expanding Cities-- Impact of Oil in the 20th Century-- Water Resources with Israel-Palestine-- The Arms Trade-- Flashpoint Southeast Asia 1950-2000-- Flashpoint Iraq 1917-2003-- Afghanistan 1840-2002-- Arabia and the Gulf 1839-1950-- Rise of the Saudi State-- Flashpoint Israel-Palestine-- Flashpoint Gulf 1950-2003-- Muslims in Western Europe-- Muslims in North America-- Mosques and Places of Worship in North America-- Islamic Arts-- Major Islamic Architectural Studies-- World Distribution of Muslims 2000-- World Terrorism 2003-- Muslim Cinema-- Internet Use-- Democracy, Censorship, Human Rights, and Civil Society-- Modern Movements, Organizations, and Influences-- Chronology-- Glossary-- Further Reading-- Acknowledgements-- Index.
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There is without question immense general and academic interest in the Islamic world at present. After the attacks on New York and Washington in September 2001 and the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq, 'Islamic Fundamentalism' has come to be seen by many people in the West as the primary threat to world peace. Although not all scholars would agree that we are heading for a 'Clash on Civilizations' between Islam and the West, few would dispute that Islamic and Western cultures have evolved very differently. It is impossible to have a real understanding of current Islam without first understanding the historical perspective. Malise Ruthven, author of many acclaimed works on Islam and the Islamic world, including "Fundamentalism", "A Fury of God: The Islamist Attack on America", and "Islam: A Very Short Introduction", and a regular commentator in the print and broadcast media, is ideally placed to provide this perspective. Thoroughly researched and very well written, the "Historical Atlas of the Islamic World" is concise, accessible, and authoritative. It spans the period from pre-Islamic late antiquity to the present day, incorporating recent patterns of emigration from Muslim-majority countries and the independence of the post-Soviet Muslim states of Central Asia. The maps use the latest design techniques to indicate the shifting nature of frontiers and population densities. In addition to historical maps of the changing internal and external boundaries of the Islamic World, there are maps showing the principle trade routes through which ideas and customs as well as goods were spread. Other maps and charts trace the rise and fall of Islamic dynasties and religious sects, the structure of cities, the distribution of minerals and water resources, agricultural patterns, and archaeological sites. The maps are accompanied by short essays on a wide range of themes, among them: all the countries and regions with Muslim majorities; institutions such as Shari'a (divine law) and fiqh (jurisprudence); philosophy; architecture; costume; the Muslim city; trade, commerce and manufacturing; the decorative arts; marriage and family life; tribal distributions; kinship, and dynastic power; mosque architecture, ritual, and devotional practices; Sufism; modernist and reformist trends; European domination of the Islamic world; Islamic political movments; and oil.
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• Geography
• Population
• History and politics
• Religion
• Economy.

This atlas depicts the course of the expansion of Islam, in pictorial form, all over the world, from initial conquests to the present day. The drama of the events that brought a religion born in the Arabian Desert, and its vehicle, the Arabic language and script, into far-flung regions of the world, is illustrated and described using maps and texts. The historical processes active in each separate theatre of action are indicated, from the outset to the present day. Islam has experienced checks and reversals, as in Spain and Eastern Europe, temporarily in the Crusades, and in aspects of European colonial rule. Yet it remains an active and still-spreading phenomenon whose influence in different parts of the world is profound, and, to many non-Muslims, mysterious and little understood.
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• I THE EARLY MUSLIM EARTH AND SKY The World According to al-Idrisi 549/1154 The World According to al-Sharfi 986/1579 Arabic Constellations Star Names used by the Arabs in the Indian Ocean II THE EXTENSION OF THE MUSLIM WORLD Linguistic Regions of the Islamic World circa 900/1500 Environments and Mineral Resources of the Islamic World circa 390/1000 The World on the Eve of the Muslim Conquests circa 600 A.D. Early Muslim Conquests The Umayyad Caliphate circa 132/750 The Muslim World circa 287/900 The Muslim World circa 403/1100 The Muslim World circa 700/1300 The Muslim World circa 905/1500 The Muslim World circa 1111/1700 The Muslim World circa 1317/1900 III THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Arabia According to Ptolemy (circa 150 A.D.) Arabia in Classical Times Pre-Islamic Yaman and the Hadramawt Arabia in the Time of the Hijra (622 A.D.) The Holy City of Makka The Holy City of al-Madina Yaman and the Hadramawt in Islamic Times The Arabian Peninsula in Islamic Times San a IV EGYPT AND THE FERTILE CRESCENT The Fertile Crescent under the Umayyad and cAbbasid Caliphs The Fertile Crescent in the Age of the Crusades circa 534/1140 The Fertile Crescent in the 11th/17th and 12th/18th Centuries Dimashq (Damascus) in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Period Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Halab (Aleppo) circa 905/1500 Al-Mawsil (Mosul) Baghdad under the Early cAbbasids Baghdad in the Buyid, Saljuq and Mongol Periods Mediaeval Islamic Egypt Al-Fustat and al-Qahira Cairo/al-Qahira in the Mamluk Period V IRAN AND TRANSOXANIA Iran under the Umayyads and cAbbasids Iran in the 4th-5th/10th-11th Centuries Iran under the Mongols 7th-8th/13th-14th Centuries Iran under the Safavid and Qajar Dynasties (10th-13th/16th-19th Centuries) Isfahan Samarqand Transoxania in the 4th-5th/10th-11th Centuries Transoxania under the Khwarazm Shahs and Ghurids Transoxania under the Timurids and Ozbeks circa 905/1500 Transoxania in the 13th/19th Century Marv Harat VI THE CAUCASUS Caucasus (al-Qabq) in the Early Middle Ages Caucasus in the 12th-13th/18th-19th Centuries VII ANATOLIA AND THE BALKANS Byzantine Anatolia/Rum in 2nd-5th/8th-11th Centuries Anatolia/Rum 473-600/1081-1204 Anatolia/Rum in the 7th/13th Century: Saljuq Roads and Crusade Routes Anatolia/Rum circa 700/1300: Ottoman Expansion to 763/1362 Ottoman Expansion 1362-1402 A.D. The First Conquest of Rumelia and Anatolia Anadolu and Rumeli in the Later 11th/17th Century Anadolu and Rumeli in the Later 13th/19th Century Ottoman Naval Power in the 10th/16th Century Istanbul VIII AL-ANDALUS (SPAIN AND PORTUGAL) AND AL-MAGHRIB Al-Andalus and al-Maghrib: The Muslim Conquest The Western Mediterranean in the 3th/9th Century Al-Andalus under the Umayyads circa 338/950 Al-Andalus, the Christian Reconquest circa 426-897/1035-1492 Qurtuba (Cordoba) Gharnata (Granada) The Maghrib in the Age of Almoravids & Almohads 5th-7th/11th-13th Centuries Siqilliyya (Sicily) under Muslim Rule North Africa and the Sudan circa 1008/1600 Fas (Fes) Marrakush (Marrakesh) IX INDIA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN The Indian Ocean circa 390/1000 The Turks and Portuguese in the Indian Ocean 10th/16th Centuries The Greater Dihli Sultanate (Khalji and Early Tughluq) 689-736/1290-1335 Early Muslim Penetration of India 2nd-7th/8th-13th Centuries India circa 1101/1690: Maximum Extent of the Mughul Empire under Awrangzib The First Mughul Conquest early 10th/16th Century India circa 1183/1770: Maratha Expansion and Beginning of British Administration Dihli (Dehli) X THE FAR EAST Indonesia/Java: The First Muslim Empires Indonesia/Java: 906-1163/1500-1750 Indonesia/Java: European Colonisation Islam in China Index of Place-Names and Ethnic Names.
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"An Historical Atlas of Islam" by William C. Brice was originally published by Brill in 1981. This is a new edition, completely revised and substantially augmented by Professor Hugh Kennedy. From linguistic regions of the Islamic world to Iran under the Caliphate and the Greater Delhi Sultanate, a broad variety of topics is covered. New maps include: Yemen and the Hadramaut, Central Arabia and the Wahhabi expansion, Iran in the era of the Il-Khans and Timurids, environmental regions of the Muslim world, the fertile crescent in early Ottoman times, the Caucasus in early Islamic times, the Maghrib in the age of Almoravids and Almohads and many other regional groups. A wide variety of new city maps has been added including Sanaa, Damascus, Aleppo, Mosul, Baghdad, Cairo, Isfahan, Shiraz, Bukhara, Samarkand, Cordoba, Granada and Delhi. The CD-ROM contains all the maps of the printed version, and a user-friendly search function, using an alphabetical index of places and regions aids quick and efficient searching. A two-level zooming function is an additional feature of the CD-ROM.
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• Map of Islamic Republic of Iran
• Map of Tehran.