Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century: A Global History

by Ira M. Lapidus

• ISBN13: 9780521732987
• ISBN10: 0521732980
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-22
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Ira Lapidus's global history of Islamic societies, first published in 1988, has become a classic in the field. This book, Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century, which is based on parts one and two of Lapidus's monumental study, revised and updated, describes the transformations of Islamic societies from their beginning in the seventh century through their diffusion across the world into the nineteenth century. The story focuses on the organization of primary communities, religious groups and states and shows how they were transformed by their interactions with other societies and religions into a varied and interconnected family of societies. The book concludes with the beginning of European commercial and imperial domination that initiated a new set of transformations in the Islamic world and the onset of the modern era. This book is a unique endeavor; its breadth, clarity, style and thoughtful exposition will ensure its place in the classroom and beyond.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the history of Islamic societies

The Beginnings of Islamic Civilizations, The Middle East from c.600 to c.1000

Middle Eastern societies before Islam

Historians and the sources

Arabia

Muhammad: preaching, community, and state formation

Introduction

The Arab-Muslim conquests and the socio-economic bases of empire

Regional developments: economic and social changes

The caliphate to 750

The 'Abbasid empire

Decline and fall of the 'Abbasid empire

Introduction: religion and identity

The ideology of imperial Islam

The 'Abbasids: caliphs and emperors

Introduction

Sunni Islam

Shi'i Islam

Muslim urban societies to the tenth century

The non-Muslim minorities

Continuity and change in the historic cultures of the Middle East

From Islamic Community to Islamic Society: Egypt, Iraq and Iran, 945âÇôc.1500

The post-'Abbasid Middle Eastern state system

Muslim communities and Middle Eastern societies: 1000âÇô1500 CE

The collective ideal

The personal ethic

Conclusion: Middle Eastern Islamic patterns

The Global Expansion of Islam from the Seventh to the Nineteenth Century

Introduction: Islamic institutions

Islamic north Africa to the thirteenth century

Spanish-Islamic civilization

Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries

States and Islam: North African variations

Introduction: empires and societies

The Turkish migrations and the Ottoman empire

The post-classical Ottoman empire: decentralization, commercialization, incorporation

The Arab regions of the Middle East

The Safavid empire

The Indian subcontinent: the Delhi sultanates and the Mughal empire

Islamic empires compared

Inner Asia from the Mongol conquests to the nineteenth century

Islamic societies in Southeast Asia

The African context: Islam, slavery, and colonialism

Islam in Sudanic, Savannah, and forest west Africa

The West African jihads

Islam in East Africa and the European colonial empires

Conclusion: the varieties of Islamic societies

The global context

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