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001 2009034494
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008 090821s2010 cauab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a0275985695 (hc : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn262892808
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050 00 $aDS36.85$b.L37 2010
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,$cc2010.
300 $axxiv, 343 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $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 $aIslamic civilization.
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.
830 0 $aPraeger series on the Middle Ages.