A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity by Cook, Michael A.
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity by Cook, Michael A.

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth...
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Author: Michael A. Cook
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity by Cook, Michael A.

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity

$60.58
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity by Cook, Michael A.

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity

$60.58
Author: Michael A. Cook
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era

This book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of the book takes readers from the origins of Islam to the eve of the nineteenth century, and an epilogue continues the story to the present day. Michael Cook thus provides a broad history of a civilization remarkable for both its unity and diversity.

After setting the scene in the Middle East of late antiquity, the book depicts the rise of Islam as one of the great black swan events of history. It continues with the spectacular rise of the Caliphate, an empire that by the time it broke up had nurtured the formation of a new civilization. It then goes on to cover the diverse histories of all the major regions of the Muslim world, providing a wide-ranging account of the key military, political, and cultural developments that accompanied the eastward and westward spread of Islam from the Middle East to the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific.

At the same time, A History of the Muslim World contains numerous primary-source quotations that expose the reader to a variety of acutely insightful voices from the Muslim past.

Author: Michael A. Cook
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 05/07/2024
Pages: 960
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.90lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.22w x 2.13d
ISBN: 9780691236575


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 04/01/2024
Choice 11/01/2024

About the Author
Michael Cook is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His books include Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective (Princeton), A Brief History of the Human Race, and The Koran: A Very Short Introduction.
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