The Turks In The Early Islamic World

Author : C. Edmund Bosworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351880879

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The Turks in the Early Islamic World by C. Edmund Bosworth Pdf

This volume brings together a set of key articles, along with a new introduction to contextualize them, on the role of Turkish peoples in the Western Asiatic world up to the 11th century. Such topics as the geographical and environmental original milieux of these peoples in the forest zone and steppelands of Inner Asia, the formation and breakup of tribal confederations within the steppes, and the evolution of tribal structures, are examined as the background for the appearance of Turks within the Islamic caliphate from the 9th century onwards. These came first as military slaves, then as movements of peoples, such as the tribal migrations of the Oghuz, leading to the establishment of the Seljuq sultanate, whilst from within Islamic society, individual Turkish commanders were able at the same time to build up their own military empires such as that of the Ghaznavids. In this way was put in place a Turkish dominance of the northern tier of the Middle East, with attendant changes in demography and land utilisation, which was to last for centuries.

Author : John Victor Tolan,Gilles Veinstein,Henry Laurens,Jane Marie Todd
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691147055

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Europe and the Islamic World by John Victor Tolan,Gilles Veinstein,Henry Laurens,Jane Marie Todd Pdf

"In this ... book, three .. historians bring tio life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis - the myriad groups and individuals whose stories reflect the common cultural and religious heritage of Europe and Islam. Since the seventh century, when the armies of Constantinople and the Medina fought for control of Syria and Palestine, there has been ongoing contact between the Muslim world and the West. This sweeping history recounts the wars and the crusades, the alliances and diplomacy, commerce and the slave trade, technology transfers, and the intellectual and artistic exchanges. [Readers] are given an ... introduction to key periods and events, including the Muslim conquests, the collapse of the Byzantine Empire, the commercial revolution of the medieval Mediterranean, the intellectual and cultural achievements of Muslim Spain, the crusades and Spanish reconquista, the rise of the Ottomans and their conquest of a third of Europe, European colonization and decolonization, and the challenges and promises of this entwined legacy today. ..."--Jacket.

Author : Jo Van Steenbergen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000093070

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A History of the Islamic World, 600-1800 by Jo Van Steenbergen Pdf

A History of the Islamic World, 600–1800 supplies a fresh and unique survey of the formation of the Islamic world and the key developments that characterize this broad region’s history from late antiquity up to the beginning of the modern era. Containing two chronological parts and fourteen chapters, this impressive overview explains how different tides in Islamic history washed ashore diverse sets of leadership groups, multiple practices of power and authority, and dynamic imperial and dynastic discourses in a theocratic age. A text that transcends many of today’s popular stereotypes of the premodern Islamic past, the volume takes a holistically and theoretically informed approach for understanding, interpreting, and teaching premodern history of Islamic West-Asia. Jo Van Steenbergen identifies the Asian connectedness of the sociocultural landscapes between the Nile in the southwest to the Bosporus in the northwest, and the Oxus (Amu Darya) and Jaxartes (Syr Darya) in the northeast to the Indus in the southeast. This abundantly illustrated book also offers maps and dynastic tables, enabling students to gain an informed understanding of this broad region of the world. This book is an essential text for undergraduate classes on Islamic History, Medieval and Early Modern History, Middle East Studies, and Religious History.

Author : John Tolan,Henry Laurens,Gilles Veinstein
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691168579

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Europe and the Islamic World by John Tolan,Henry Laurens,Gilles Veinstein Pdf

A sweeping history of Islam and the West from the seventh century to today Europe and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "clash of civilizations" between the Muslim world and Europe. In this landmark book, three eminent historians bring to life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis—the myriad groups and individuals whose stories reflect the common cultural, intellectual, and religious heritage of Europe and Islam. Since the seventh century, when the armies of Constantinople and Medina fought for control of Syria and Palestine, there has been ongoing contact between the Muslim world and the West. This sweeping history vividly recounts the wars and the crusades, the alliances and diplomacy, commerce and the slave trade, technology transfers, and the intellectual and artistic exchanges. Here readers are given an unparalleled introduction to key periods and events, including the Muslim conquests, the collapse of the Byzantine Empire, the commercial revolution of the medieval Mediterranean, the intellectual and cultural achievements of Muslim Spain, the crusades and Spanish reconquest, the rise of the Ottomans and their conquest of a third of Europe, European colonization and decolonization, and the challenges and promise of this entwined legacy today. As provocative as it is groundbreaking, this book describes this shared history in all its richness and diversity, revealing how ongoing encounters between Europe and Islam have profoundly shaped both.

Author : Crabtree Publishing Company Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0778721736

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Life in the Early Islamic World by Crabtree Publishing Company Staff Pdf

Early Islamic World looks at the foundation, development, and spread of the Muslim religion and peoples, from the roots of the religion in the early 600s to the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early years of the 20th century. Each book compares major achievements and advances in the Islamic World with those in the Western World.

Author : Ismail K. Poonawala
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 0198092202

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Turks in the Indian Subcontinent, Central and West Asia by Ismail K. Poonawala Pdf

Unbeknownst to some, Turkish rulers and military commanders dominated vast stretches of Islamic lands for almost a millennium until the beginning of the twentieth century. The papers presented in this volume were delivered at a prestigious Conference in Islamic Studies by some of the finest scholars on Islamic history. From their respective areas of specialization, these scholars reassess the contribution of the Turks in the shaping of the Islamic world and its civilization. The essays are organized into five themes. The first concerns the emergence of the Turks in the Islamic world. Here, the papers move beyond the conventional frames of reference, and investigate issues of identity, consciousness and historical memory among the Turks once they entered the Islamic fold. The second deals with the Seljuq architecture and educational system which reveals the Islamic world as an integrated entity. The third the Turks in the Indian subcontinent addresses neglected themes in Mughal historiography. The fourth scrutinizes the contribution of the Turks in the field of cartography and geography. The final essay re-examines the rise of the Safavids in light of new evidence.

Author : Gerald MacLean,Nabil Matar
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191619908

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Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713 by Gerald MacLean,Nabil Matar Pdf

Before they had an empire in the East, the British travelled into the Islamic world to pursue trade and to form strategic alliances against the Catholic powers of France and Spain. First-hand encounters with Muslims, Jews, Greek Orthodox, and other religious communities living together under tolerant Islamic rule changed forever the way Britons thought about Islam, just as the goods they imported from Islamic countries changed forever the way they lived. Britain and the Islamic World tells the story of how, for a century and a half, merchants and diplomats travelled from Morocco to Istanbul, from Aleppo to Isfahan, and from Hormuz to Surat, and discovered a world that was more fascinating than fearful. Gerald MacLean and Nabil Matar examine the place of Islam and Muslims in English thought, and how British monarchs dealt with supremely powerful Muslim rulers. They document the importance of diplomatic and mercantile encounters, show how the writings of captives spread unreliable information about Islam and Muslims, and investigate observations by travellers and clergymen who reported meetings with Jews, eastern Christians, Armenians, and Shi'ites. They also trace how trade and the exchange of material goods with the Islamic world shaped how people in Britain lived their lives and thought about themselves.

Author : Emel Esin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : UOM:39015008678610

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A History of Pre-Islamic and Early-Islamic Turkish Culture by Emel Esin Pdf

Author : Efraim Karsh
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300122633

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Islamic Imperialism by Efraim Karsh Pdf

From the first Arab-Islamic Empire of the mid-seventh century to the Ottomans, the last great Muslim empire, the story of the Middle East has been the story of the rise and fall of universal empires and, no less important, of imperialist dreams. So argues Efraim Karsh in this highly provocative book. Rejecting the conventional Western interpretation of Middle Eastern history as an offshoot of global power politics, Karsh contends that the region's experience is the culmination of long-existing indigenous trends, passions, and patterns of behavior, and that foremost among these is Islam's millenarian imperial tradition. The author explores the history of Islam's imperialism and the persistence of the Ottoman imperialist dream that outlasted World War I to haunt Islamic and Middle Eastern politics to the present day. September 11 can be seen as simply the latest expression of this dream, and such attacks have little to do with U.S. international behavior or policy in the Middle East, says Karsh. The House of Islam's war for world mastery is traditional, indeed venerable, and it is a quest that is far from over.

Author : Vernon O Egger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315507675

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A History of the Muslim World to 1405 by Vernon O Egger Pdf

Muslims first appeared in the early seventh century as members of a persecuted religious movement in a sun-baked town in Arabia. Within a century, their descendants were ruling a vast territory that extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indus River valley in modern Pakistan. This region became the arena for a new cultural experiment in which Muslim scholars and creative artists synthesized and reworked the legacy of Rome, Greece, Iran, and India into a new civilization. A History of the Muslim World to 1405 traces the development of this civilization from the career of the Prophet Muhammad to the death of the Mongol emperor Timur Lang. Coverage includes the unification of the Dar a1-Islam (the territory ruled by Muslims), the fragmentation into various religious and political groups including the Shi'ite and Sunni, and the series of catastrophes in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that threatened to destroy the civilization. Features: Balanced coverage of the Muslim world encompassing the region from the Iberian Peninsula to South Asia. Detailed accounts of all cultures including major Shi'ite groups and the Sunni community. Primary sources. Numerous maps and photographs featuring a special four-color art insert. Glossary, charts, and timelines.

Author : Ahmet Şeyhun
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004282407

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Islamist Thinkers in the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic by Ahmet Şeyhun Pdf

Islamist Thinkers in the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic offers a comprehensive overview of the lives and ideas of thirteen influential Islamist thinkers. It makes available in English important primary sources to scholars and students with no access to these materials in their original languages.

Author : Ariana Wolff
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781680486186

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The Islamic World from 1041 to the Present by Ariana Wolff Pdf

This title assesses various factors -- including the Mongol incursions and the Crusades -- during the period of expansion and renewal leading up to Ottoman rule. Also covered are the impacts of colonialism, decolonization, and globalization on Islamic societies.

Author : Richard W. Bulliet
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231148375

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Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran by Richard W. Bulliet Pdf

A boom in the production and export of cotton turned Iran into the richest region of the Islamic caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries. Yet in the eleventh century, Iran's primacy ended as its agricultural economy entered a steep decline. Richard W. Bulliet advances several provocative explanations, for example that the boom in cotton production paralleled the spread of Islam and that Iran's agricultural decline stemmed from a significant cooling of the climate that lasted more than a century. Substantiating his argument with innovative quantitative research and scientific discoveries, Bulliet first establishes the relationship between Iran's cotton industry and Islam and then outlines the evidence for what he terms the "Big Chill." He then focuses on a lucrative but temperature-sensitive industry of cross-breeding one-humped and two-humped camels, concluding with an unusual concatenation of events that had a profound and long-lasting impact not just on the history of Iran but on the development of the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004284340

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Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World by Anonim Pdf

Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World presents new Greek, Arabic and Coptic material from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries C.E. from Egypt and Palestine and explores its rich potential for historical analysis.

Author : Claude Gilliot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351941594

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Education and Learning in the Early Islamic World by Claude Gilliot Pdf

Studying education and learning in the formative period of Islam is not immediately easy, since the sources for this are relatively late and frequently project backwards to the earlier period the assumptions and conditions of their own day. The studies in this volume have been selected for the critical approaches and methods of their authors, and are arranged under five headings: the pedagogical tradition; scholarship and attestation; orality and literacy; authorship and transmission; and libraries. Together with the editor’s introductory essay, they present a broad picture of the beginnings and evolution of education and learning in the Islamic world.