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Endress:islam A Historical Introduction (cloth) - Softcover

Endress, G

 
9780231065801: Endress:islam A Historical Introduction (cloth)

Synopsis

This full survey of Islamic history and culture has been reprinted in a new format. It covers all the basic characteristics of Islam including: theology, revelation, mysticism and law; social and economic aspects of medieval life; the historical development of each of the main regions of the Islamic world; the principal trends and political/cultural events from the rise of Islam to the present; the development of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages; and nomenclature and the Muslim calendar. A chronological table of 50 pages provides an accessible reference.

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Review

An invaluable and convenient source of information.

About the Author

Gerhard Endress is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum (Germany).

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