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ISBN10: 0674010175, ISBN13: 9780674010178, [publisher: Harvard University Press 04.2003.] Hardcover 565 Seiten Fresh and clean hardcover copy in good condition. Frisches und sauberes Hardcover-Exemplar in gutem Zustand. Contents - Preface - Author's Note - Prologue - PART I THE MAKING OF A WORLD (SEVENTH-TENTH CENTURY) - 1. A New Power in an Old World - The world into which the Arabs came - The language of poetry - Muhammad and the appearance of Islam - 2. The Formation of an Empire - The succession to Muhammad: the conquest of an empire - The caliphate of Damascus - The caliphate of Baghdad - 3. The Formation of a Society - The end of political unity - A unified society: the economic bases - Unity of faith and language - The Islamic world - 4. The Articulation of Islam - The questions of authority - The power and justice of God - The shari'a - The Traditions of the Prophet - The path of the mystic - The path of reason - PART II ARAB MUSLIM SOCIETIES (ELEVENTH-FIFTEENTH CENTURY) - 5. The Arab Muslim World - States and dynasties - Arabs, Persians and Turks - Geographical divisions - Muslim Arabs and others - 6. The Countryside - Land and its use - Tribal societies - 7. The Life of Cities - Markets and cities - The city population - Law and the 'ulama - Slaves - Muslims and non-Muslims in the city - Women in the city - The shape of the city - Houses in the city - The chain of cities - 8. Cities and Their Rulers - The formation of dynasties - The ...