The New Cambridge History of Islam: Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries: Volume 3 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521850312 ISBN 13: 9780521850315

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. As the faith crossed cultural boundaries, the trader and the mystic became as important as the soldier and the administrator. Distinctive Islamic idioms began to emerge from other great linguistic traditions apart from Arabic, especially in Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Malay and Chinese. The Islamic world transformed and absorbed new influences. As the essays in this collection demonstrate, three major features distinguish the time and place from both earlier and modern experiences of Islam. Firstly, the steppe tribal peoples of central Asia had a decisive impact on the Islamic lands. Secondly, Islam expanded along the trade routes of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Thirdly, Islam interacted with Asian spirituality, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism and Shamanism. It was during this period that Islam became a truly world religion.

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Book Description:

This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. The essays in this collection demonstrate that it was during this period that the Islamic world transformed and absorbed new influences and Islam became a truly world religion.

About the Author:

David Morgan is Professor of History and Religious Studies in the Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of The Mongols (2nd edition, 2007) and Medieval Persia 1040–1797 (1988), and is General Editor of Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521850312
• ISBN 13: 9780521850315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 756
• Editor: Morgan David O., Reid Anthony