Islamic civilization; Islamic Empire; history.

Comprehensive study on Islamic civilization.

• Introduction Chase F. Robinson-- Part I. The Late Antique Context:
• 1. The resources of Late Antiquity John Haldon--
• 2. The late Roman/early Byzantine Near East Mark Whittow--
• 3. The late Sasanian Near East Josef Wiesehofer--
• 4. Pre-Islamic Arabia Michael Lecker-- Part II. Universalism and Imperialism:
• 5. The rise of Islam, 600-705 Chase F. Robinson--
• 6. The empire in Syria, 705-763 Paul M. Cobb--
• 7. The empire in Iraq, 763-861 Tayeb El-Hibri--
• 8. The waning of empire, 861-945 Michael Bonner--
• 9. The late Abbasid pattern, 945-1050 Hugh Kennedy-- Part III. Regionalism:
• 10. Arabia Ella Landau-Tasseron--
• 11. The Islamic East Elton L. Daniel--
• 12. Syria R. Stephen Humphreys--
• 13. Egypt Michael Brett--
• 14. The Iberian Peninsula and North Africa Eduardo Manzano Moreno-- Part IV. The Historiography of Early Islamic History:
• 15. Modern approaches to early Islamic history Fred M. Donner--
• 16. Numismatics Stefan Heidemann--
• 17. Archaeology and material culture Marcus Milwright-- Conclusion: From formative Islam to classical Islam Chase F. Robinson.
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Volume One of The New Cambridge History of Islam, which surveys the political and cultural history of Islam from its Late Antique origins until the eleventh century, brings together contributions from leading scholars in the field. The book is divided into four parts. The first provides an overview of the physical and political geography of the Late Antique Middle East. The second charts the rise of Islam and the emergence of the Islamic political order under the Umayyad and the Abbasid caliphs of the seventh, eighth and ninth centuries, followed by the dissolution of the empire in the tenth and eleventh. 'Regionalism', the overlapping histories of the empire's provinces, is the focus of Part Three, while Part Four provides a cutting-edge discussion of the sources and controversies of early Islamic history, including a survey of numismatics, archaeology and material culture.
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• Presentation of award to fourteenth recipient Georges Sabagh--
• 1. Religion and culture in Classical Islam and the Christian West George Makdisi--
• 2. The future of Islam W. Montgomery Watt--
• 3. Arabic rhetoric and the Aart of the homily in Medieval Islam Merlin Swartz--
• 4. Medieval Islam: the literary-cultural dimension Irfan Shahid--
• 5. The Ash'arites and the science of the stars George Saliba--
• 6. Religion, religious culture and culture Roger Arnaldez--
• 7. Cult and culture: common saints and shrines in Middle Eastern popular piety Mahmoud Ayoub.
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George Makdisi has brought together six of the most distinguished scholars in the field to explore the religion and culture of medieval Islam. This is an original and stimulating exchange. Makdisi's introductory essay focuses on the interaction between religion and culture in classical Islam and Christendom, Merlin Swartz analyses the homilies of Ibn al-Jawazi, Irfan Shahid considers the implications of the Arabic character of the Koran, George Saliba assesses Ash'arite thought in astrology and astronomy, Roger Arnaldez reflects on the religious cultures of medieval Islam, and Mahmoud Ayoub draws together the common historic threads of Muslim-Jewish and Muslim-Christian popular worship. W. Montgomery Watt concludes the volume by addressing the question of the future of Islam, posing a parallel with the Judaic reaction to Hellenistic culture.
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• v. 1. Islamic theology
• v. 2. Studies in Quran
• v. 3. Educational developments in Muslim world
• v. 4. Arabic literature and thought
• v. 5. Medieval Muslim historiography
• v. 6. Muslim rule in Deccan
• v. 7. Sufism, evolution and practice
• v. 8. Studies in Islamic economics
• v. 9. Mughal India
• v. 10. Mughal India.
• v. 11. Islamic thought, growth & development
• v. 12. The ideal way of life
• v. 13. Sufi saints
• v. 14. Muslim political thought in India--
• v. 15. Islam and the western world
• v. 16. Islamic political thought
• v. 17. Islamic institutions
• v. 18. Perspectives in islamic law
• v. 19. Islamic influence in the world
• v. 20. Islam: the religion of submission

The new edition of this introduction to Arab civilization contains a new section on pre-Islamic Arabia; new, original essays by such scholars as G.W. Bowersock, Francis E. Peters, John Ruedy, D.T. Potts and others; a completely revised and updated "Guide to Further Reading"; and a new, bibliographic essay entitled "A Guide to Further Reading in Arabic" by George N. Atiyeh (Head of the Near East section, Library of Congress), which provides a survey of the major current scholarly works available in Arabic. In addition to these materials, this edition contains essays by such top scholars as Oleg Grabar (Harvard University), Abdelhamid I. Sabra (Harvard University), and Mounah A. Khouri (University of California, Berkeley) on the Arab role and influence in Islamic culture, literature, philosophy, history, architecture and art, science, technology, trade, and commerce.
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