Classical Islam: A History 600-1258 - Hardcover

G. E. Von Grunebaum

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760702101 ISBN 13: 9780760702109

Publisher: Barnes Noble Books, 1997

Synopsis

1996 Barnes Noble hardcover, 2nd printing. G. E. von Grunebaum (Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning). The period from 610 A.D. when Muhammad received his "call" until the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258 is known as the classical period of Islam. This was the period of the great expansion of Islam both as a political structure and as a religious and intellectual community. It established the base for the development of the high Islamic civilization of North Africa, the Near East, Persia, and India, as well as further expansion of the Islamic religious and intellectual community throughout the world. This book presents an authoritative history of the period written by one of the world's leading experts on the subject. - Amazon

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes Noble Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0760702101
• ISBN 13: 9780760702109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248