The Venture Of Islam, Vol 1 by Marshall G.S. Hodgson
The Classical Age of Islam
This volume traces the rise of Islam from its late antique roots through the formation of a cosmopolitan civilization in the early caliphal centuries. It examines the interplay of religious conscience, political authority, and economic life as Arab and Iranian traditions, Hellenistic legacies, and urban commercial networks shaped institutions such as law, theology, and the early currents of mysticism. Emphasizing a broader Islamicate cultural sphere, it situates the classical age up to roughly the eleventh century within a wider Afro-Eurasian context and challenges conventional Eurocentric periodization.
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- Published
- 1974
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 496
- Original Language
- English
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