EAN: 9780141981093

ISLAMIC EMPIRES - JUSTIN MAROZZI KARTONIERT (TB)

'Outstanding  illuminating  compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan  Sunday Times  
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. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on
the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas  its cities unrivalled powerhouses of
artistic grandeur  commercial power  spiritual sanctity and forward-looking thinking.   Islamic
Empires is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities
over fifteen centuries  from the beginnings of Islam in Mecca in the seventh century to the
astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first.  It dwells on the most remarkable dynasties ever
to lead the Muslim world - the Abbasids of Baghdad  the Umayyads of Damascus and Cordoba  the
Merinids of Fez  the Ottomans of Istanbul  the Mughals of India and the Safavids of Isfahan -
and some of the most charismatic leaders in Muslim history  from Saladin in Cairo and mighty
Tamerlane of Samarkand to the poet-prince Babur in his mountain kingdom of Kabul and the
irrepressible Maktoum dynasty of Dubai. It focuses on these fifteen cities at some of 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.

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