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- English
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Islamic Empires
About this book
Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent, while Europe cowered feebly at the margins. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivaled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity, and forward-looking thinking, in which nothing was off limits.Islamic Empires is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over the fifteen centuries of Islam, from its earliest beginnings in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first.Marozzi brilliantly connects the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century, and how this world is continuing to change today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- A Note on Spelling
- Preface
- 1. 7th Century: Mecca – Mother of All Cities
- 2. 8th Century: Damascus – The Perfumed Paradise
- 3. 9th Century: Baghdad – City of Peace, City of Blood
- 4. 10th Century: Cordoba – Ornament of the World
- 5. 11th Century: Jerusalem – The Contested City
- 6. 12th Century: Cairo – The City Victorious
- 7. 13th Century: Fez – The Athens of Africa
- 8. 14th Century: Samarkand – Garden of the Soul
- 9. 15th Century: Constantinople – City of the World’s Desire
- 10. 16th Century: Kabul – A Garden in the Mountains
- 11. 17th Century: Isfahan – Half the World
- 12. 18th Century: Tripoli – Pirates’ Lair
- 13. 19th Century: Beirut – Playground of the Levant
- 14. 20th Century: Dubai – Build It and They Will Come
- 15. 21st Century: Doha – City of Pearls
- Illustrations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Copyright