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“The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world” edited by Francis Robinson
“Islamic peoples account for one fifth of the world's population and yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is. Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this, revealing the complex and sometimes contrary nature of Muslim culture. As well as taking on the uppermost issues in everyone's minds, such as the role of religious and political fundamentalism, they demonstrate the importance of commerce; literacy and learning; Islamic art; the effects of immigration, exodus, and conquest; and the roots of current crises in the Middle East, Bosnia, and the Gulf.”
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(The) Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world / edited by Francis Robinson. — New York: Cambridge University Press, cop. nineteen ninety six.
XXIII, 328 : ill. ma; 26cm
ISBN-0 521-66993-6
DS 35.63.C36 1996
R. 200758000
