Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives: The First 1,000 Years

by Chase F. Robinson

Book Overview

Religious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives and the ways in which they influenced their societies? In Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives, the distinguished historian of Islam Chase F. Robinson draws on the long tradition in Muslim scholarship of commemorating in writing the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520292987
• ISBN13: 9780520292987
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"