Islamic World, Hardcover

This book examines the ways in which non-Arabic cultural influences interacted with the rich, complex and sometimes conflictual environment of the ...

This book examines the connections between the British Empire and French colonialism in war, peace and the various stages of competitive cooperatio...

Reducere. Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organize...

DescriptionFew images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea...

DescriptionThis book examines the ways in which Arab civil society actors have attempted to influence public policies. In particular, the book stud...

For a period of nearly eight hundred years, Perso-Islamic kingship was the source for the dominant social and cultural paradigms organising Indian ...

How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is enthusiastic about food. Jewish holidays are inevitably celebrated through eatin...

Reducere. The period of the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) has long been recognized as the formative period of Islamic civilization with its various achievemen...

Between the 9th and the 15th centuries, Central Asia was a major political, economic and cultural hub on the Eurasian continent. In the first half ...

Reducere. Chiara Formichi explores the ways in which Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to to...

DescriptionThe images released by the Islamic State of militants smashing statues at ancient sites were a horrifying aspect of their advance across...

DescriptionViolent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. This book examines...

This book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Mu...

Reducere. This updated and expanded edition of The History of Spain offers an in-depth examination of Europe's fifth largest economy, providing important cov...

Reducere. Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first M...

A riveting exploration of how the Fatimid dynasty carefully orchestrated an architectural program that proclaimed their legitimacy This groundbreak...

Tracing the currents of change that unite the visual and material culture of the Islamic world across space and time The seas have long served as b...

Late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, once viewed as periods of decline after the grandeur of Greece and Rome, are now understood as times of e...

Reducere. Islam's unknown tradition of figurationMany people believe that it is not permitted to depict human figures in Islamic art, but the Quran does not ...

Reducere. Arabic script remains one of the most widely employed writing systems in the world, for Arabic and non-Arabic languages alike. Focusing on naskh--t...

DescriptionReforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the Morocco-based philosoph...

No other nation on Earth has contributed more to the elevation of the human spirit, and to the enrichment of every aspect of civilization on a glob...

- One of the first in-depth studies on the Deccan: a major survey on unpublished Islamic buildings- Stunningly illustrated, featuring high-quality,...

Religion plays a critical role in determining how disability is understood and how persons with disabilities are treated. Examining the world's rel...

Reducere. The traditional rugs of the Middle East and Central Asia have long been celebrated for their intricate beauty and careful craftsmanship. Handed dow...

Reducere. The much-anticipated comprehensive survey of one of the world's most acclaimed landscape garden designers, famous for his extraordinarily sophistic...

Reducere. A rigorous study of the problem of evil in Islamic theology Like their Jewish and Christian co-religionists, Muslims have grappled with how God, wh...

A groundbreaking study of the role of Muslims in eighteenth-century France From the beginning, French revolutionaries imagined their transformation...

Reducere. Outsider and Adventurer Daniel Richter has remained true to his characteristic outsider and adventurer theme in his latest paint-ings. At centre of...

Reducere. Imam Khomeini's selection and exposition of Forty ahadith that range over a broad area of Islamic philosophy, ideology, ethics, metaphysics and spi...

The Age of the Silk Roads (c 200 BC- c 900 AD) shaped the course of the future. The foundation by the Han dynasty of an extensive network of interl...

A culinary journey through the Islamic world ideal for fans of Paula Wolfert's The Food Of Morocco and Claudia Roden's Arabesque.

Reducere. At a time in which the people are beset with trials from every periphery and within, comes this heartening book rooted in the commandments of Allah...

This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understan...

Reducere. Ink, Silk & Gold explores the dynamic and complex traditions of Islamic art through more than 115 works of art drawn from the collection of the Mus...

Reducere. Among the religious traditions of humanity the Imami Shi'ah tradition within Islam is unmatched in its rich corpus of devotional texts (du'a and zi...

In his major new history, Paul Greenhalgh tells the story of ceramics as a story of human civilisation, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day....

Global Luxury in Renaissance Venice offers an unprecedented exploration of Venetian maiolica pottery set in a vibrant context of hybridity and exch...

In Western Europe the Golden Age of Islamic metalwork in Iran was (and is) generally considered to be the earlier period, and later metalwork was c...

In 1969, several young men met on a rainy night in Kabul to form an Islamist student group. Their aim was laid out in a simple typewritten statemen...

Reducere. As a small sect that emerged from Islam over a thousand years ago, the Druze religion and society has long been cloaked in a tradition of secrecy. ...

Reducere. The 16 raised embroidery projects featured here are inspired by the breathtaking art of the Islamic world. Created by renowned designer Jane Nichol...

Reducere. DescriptionBattle, victory and death in the world of tradition.These essays, originally written by Evola during the 1930s and '40s, deal with war f...

Reducere. Your view of God determines your view of the world.You hold in your hands a landmark guide to understanding the ideas and forces shaping our times....

DescriptionMoving beyond reductive notions of identity, myths of authenticity, fetishized traditionalism, or the constructed opposition of traditio...

DescriptionA sweeping history of southeastern Europe from antiquity to the present that reveals it to be a vibrant crossroads of trade, ideas, and ...

Reducere. At a time in which people are beset with trials from every periphery and within, comes this heartening book rooted in the commandments of Allah (Go...

Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen l...

Reducere. The next book of H. A. Covington''s Northwest novel trilogy, A Mighty Fortress picks up where A Distant Thunder left off, and serves as a bridge to...

Reducere. Since the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, traditional American foreign policy has proven inadequate to 21st Ce...

Reducere. This book chronologically documents the rise and fall of the major religions of the world and explores the role that various cultural factors such ...

DescriptionHow did the medieval Middle East transform from a majority-Christian world to a majority-Muslim world, and what role did violence play i...

In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Muslim and Muslim sources in tandem can breathe new...

Reducere. "An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of history with elegance and panache."--Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore His...

In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the ...

Reducere. The fourth volume in a new translation of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic collection of Prophetic traditions, with Imam Nawawi's commentary...

Reducere. In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer...

DescriptionOn the fortieth anniversary of the 1978-79 Iranian revolution, a definitive political picture of the Islamic RepublicWhen Iranians overt...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Olivier RoyHow has Islamic State been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attr...

Reducere. "Ed Husain has become one of the most vital Muslim voices in the world. The House of Islam could very well be his magnum opus." -Reza Aslan, #1 New...

This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters...

DescriptionThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land covers the 3, 000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and rela...

Reducere. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was an unmitigated disaster for the women of Iran. That fact is well known. What is less well-known and what Manda Z...

Reducere. A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded ...

Reducere. This scholarly work, The African Caliphate, focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto calip...

Reducere. DescriptionMichael Onfray passionately defends the potential of hedonism to resolve the dislocations and disconnections of our melancholy age. In a...

Reducere. The articles collected in this volume represent some of the most unusual from Gu non's pen. They could be described as fragments of an unknown hist...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Roger CrowleyA gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today. The fal...

Reducere. An essential guide to learning everything you need to know about the history, central practices and the key teachings of many religions. A compelli...

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one boo...