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LEADER: 01849nam a22003018a 4500
001 2009034494
003 DLC
005 20090824103915.0
008 090821s2009 cau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009034494
020 $a9780275985691 (hard copy : alk. paper)
020 $a9780313047091 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aDS36.85$b.L37 2009
082 00 $a953/.02$222
100 1 $aLassner, Jacob.
245 10 $aIslam in the Middle Ages :$bthe origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization /$cJacob Lassner and Michael Bonner.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bPraeger,$cc2009.
263 $a0911
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aPraeger series on the Middle Ages
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aArabia in the eve of Islam -- Muhammad the 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/Shi'ites versus Sunnites -- Centralzing 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.
650 0 $aCivilization, Islamic.
651 0 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y661-750.
651 0 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y750-1258.
650 0 $aIslam$xHistory$yTo 1500.
700 1 $aBonner, Michael David.