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Description edit
The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Muhammad: Add a description of this character.
- Muslim
- Medina
- Shari
- Marwan Ii
- Umar Ii
- Mulwiyah
- Shils
- Al-amin
- Hisham
- Islamicate
- Malik
- Tabari
- Mubammad
- Ibrahim
- H. A. R. Gibb
- Pahlavi
- Adam
- Kalb
- Mazdeism
- Hasan
- Hashim
- Allah
- Mazdak
- Claude Cahen
- Kfifah
- Ahura Mazdah
- Marwanids
- Al-rashid
- God Himself
- Alexander
- Max Weber
- Ignaz Goldziher
- Heraclius
- W. Montgomery Watt
- Khadijah
- Husayn
- Tahir
- A. J. Arberry
Setting & Locations edit
- Syriac
- Iraq
- Baghdad
- Egypt
- Mecca
- Iran
- Bedouin Arabia
- Europe
- India
- Yemen
- Basrah
- Umayyad
- Spain
- China
- Damascus
- London
- Rome
- Anatolia
- Paris
- Jerusalem
- Constantinople
- Middle East
- Cairo
- Judaism
- Byzantium
- Khurasan
- Gaul
- Khariji
- Urdu
- Eurasia
- Quraysh
- Kilfah
- High Caliphal Period
- High Caliphate
- Abyssinia
- Islamdom
- Sawad
- Mazdean
- Aleppo
- Hijaz
- Italy
- Sasanian
- Badr
- Karbala
- Africa
- Sind
First Sentence edit
The Islamicate was unique among the great civilizations of its time in failing to maintain the earlier lettered traditions of its region.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marshall G. S. Hodgson (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909.097671
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