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Islam in the Middle Ages: the origins and shaping of classical Islamic civilization
2010, Praeger
in English
0275985695 9780275985691
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Table of Contents
Arabia 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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