islamic civilization

Examining Muslim communities around the world, this new resource introduces readers to the history, traditions, and great diversity among them. --from publisher description.

Presents an introduction to the history and culture of the Islamic Empire, in simple text with illustrations.

A picture history of Islam, the monotheistic religion that has acquired millions of believers in the Muslim world.

An intimate look into the daily life of the medieval Islamic world, providing insight into a civilized, powerful, and economically stable culture. Includes a glossary of important dates and technical terms.

An in-depth look at the history of the religion and culture of Islam and the Muslim people covering the extreme breadth of the topic while still maintaining a detailed focus on key people and fascinating events.

Chronicles the history of the Islamic empire, describing the beginning of Islam, the Umayyad dynasty, the artistic and intellectual achievements of the empire's golden age, and other related topics, and includes an annotated further reading list.

Covers the civilization of the Islamic Empire from the last years of the eighth century to the thirteenth century.

Contains alphabetically-arranged entries that describe aspects of Muslim culture, including a time line, brief profiles of important people, descriptions of key places, and other resources.

Contains essays that define Islam and Muslims, review the history of Islam, and discuss beliefs, practices, scriptures and doctrine, the subdivisions of Islam, holy places, visual arts, architecture, literature, performing arts, media, and philosophy and science, and features photographs, sidebars, and focus articles on the life of Muhammad, jihad, the Koran, Jerusalem, women writers, and other topics.

Ansary, son of an Afghan father and American mother, describes his life in Afghanistan where he was born in 1948, and in America where he has lived since the age of sixteen, and discusses the impact of an E-mail he sent to friends on Sept. 12, 2001 to express his feelings about the Taliban, which gained worldwide attention.