Venture of Islam, Volume 3 The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times

Name: Venture of Islam, Volume 3 The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times
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ISBN: 9780226346854

ISBN-10: 0226346854

ISBN-13: 9780226346854

Edition: 1977

Authors: Marshall G. S. Hodgson, Marshall G. S. Hodgson

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The Venture of Islamhas been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. In this concluding volume ofThe Venture of Islam, Hodgson describes the second flowering of Islam: the Safavi, Timuri, and Ottoman empires. The final part of the volume analyzes the widespread Islamic heritage in today's world. …

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List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 1977
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/15/1977
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 476
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



List of Charts


List of Maps



Second Flowering: The Empires of Gunpowder Times Prologue to Book Five



The Safavi Empire: Triumph of the Shi'ah, 1503-1722



The Indian Timuri Empire: Coexistence of Muslims and Hindus, 1526-1707



The Ottoman Empire: Shari'ah-Military Alliance, 1517-1718



Before the Deluge: The Eighteenth Century



The Islamic Heritage in the Modern World Prologue to Book Six



The Impact of the Great Western Transmutation: The Generation of 1789



European World Hegemony: The Nineteenth Century



Modernism in Turkey: Westernization



Egypt and East Arab Lands: Revival of the Heritage



Iran and the Russian Empire: The Dream of Revolution



Muslim India: Communalism and Universalism



The Drive for Independence: The Twentieth Century Epilogue: The Islamic Heritage and the Modern Conscience


A Selective Bibliography for Further Reading


Glossary of Selected Terms and Names


Index to Volume III