The new cultural atlas of the Islamic world
2014
Maps, Atlases
Abstract: This informative reference book uses specially drawn maps to explain how Muslim society, culture, and history rose in the second millennium to have a fully global significance.
Main title:
The new cultural atlas of the Islamic world / edited by Sally MacEachern.
Author:
MacEachern, Sally, editorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition].
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.Tarrytown [New York] : Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2010.
Collation:
1 online resource (56 entries) : 86 images ; digital files.
Notes:
"Text adapted from the 'Atlas of the Islamic world since 1500,' revised edition, 1990, Checkmark Books (Facts on File), New York. Original text by Francis Robinson"--Bottom of title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 1 atlas (192 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Contents:
INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM -- REVELATION AND MUSLIM HISTORY -- The First Nine Centuries -- The nomad invasions -- The widening Islamic world -- Islamic life: the law -- Islamic life: mysticism -- Mystical Knowledge -- Transmission of Islamic culture -- The 16th and 17th Centuries -- The Safavid Empire -- Shiism and the Safavid state -- The blossoming of Iranian art -- Safavid painting -- Isfahan: City of Shah Abbas -- The Mughal Empire -- The pious strive to defend Islam -- Cultural expression of synthesis -- Mughal Moods -- Garden Tombs -- The Ottoman Empire -- The pious and the state -- Cultural face of the Sharia state -- The Buildings of Sinan -- Further Islamic Lands -- Southeast Asia -- Africa -- Central Asia and China -- Madrasas of Central Asia -- Mosques in China -- Decline, Reform, and Revival -- Reform and revival -- The Naqshbandiya in Asia -- The Khalwatiya and Idrisiya -- Local movements in West Africa -- Europe's Rise and Islam's Response -- The European challenge -- Europe and the Ottoman lands -- Egypt's response -- Arab aspirations -- Iran's struggle for independence -- Other parts of the world -- RELIGIOUS LIFE -- Belief and Practice -- The Stages of Life -- The Quran -- The Mosque -- The Believer's Year -- Pilgrimage to Mecca -- ARTS OF ISLAM -- Arts and Society -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Original Bibliography.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
1781210942 (print)9781781210949 (print)9781784024857 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
911.1767
LC class:
G1786.E6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502167
Electronic access:
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