A History of the Muslim World Since 1260 - The Making of a Global Community

Part One Mongol Hegemony, 1260-1405   1. THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION             The Mongol Khanates                         The Qipchaq Khanate                         The Il-khanate                         The Chaghatay Khanate             New Centers of Islamic Culture                         The Mamluke Empire                         The Delhi Sultanate                         The Ottoman Sultanate             Scourges                         Plague                         Timur Lang             Conclusion   2. UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN ISLAMIC TRADITIONS             Intellectual Life in the Fourteenth Century                         The End of the “Golden Age”?                         Against All Odds             Law                         The Queen of the Sciences                         The “Closing of the Gate of Ijtihad”?             The Varieties of Religious Expression                         “Orthodoxy” and “Heterodoxy”                         The Proliferation of Sufi Groups             Conclusion                     Part 2 Muslim Ascendancy, 1405-1750   3. THE CENTRAL MUSLIM LANDS             The Ottoman Empire                         The Creation of an Empire                     &nb...

Product details

• Authors: Vernon Egger, Vernon O. Egger
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2007
• EAN: 9780132269698
• ISBN: 978-0-13-226969-8
• No. of pages: 530
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, Asian History, Islamic countries