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The story of conflict and confrontation between Islam and the West has become daily news, but throughout the ages Muslims, Christians, and Jews have shared more than enmity and war: there is also a rich and textured history of coexistence that has all but disappeared from our collective... read more
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People edit
- Alfonso X: A Christian ruler of the reclaimed Iberian Peninsula. Also known as el Sabio
- Richard the Lionheart: One of the leaders of the Third Crusade. From England
- Philip Augustus: The leader from France who participated in the Third Crusade
- Frederick I Barbarossa: The leader from Germany who participated in the Third Crusade
- Timur the Lame: Also known as Tamerlane. An Asian Invader of the Ottoman Empire
- William McNeill: A historian quoted for stating that "vibrant societies are often the product of unexpected and jarring interactions with strangers."
- Timothy: A Christian theologian recruited to engage in dialect with an Islamic caliph over their respective beliefs.
- Arthur Balfour: In 1917, British foreign secretary who penned the document that later gave rise to the Israeli state
- Erwin Rommel: a.k.a. the "Desert Fox" during World War II in North Africa
Organizations edit
- Templars: Archetypes of the Christian crusader-warrior. A religious order blessed by the pope and sponsered by Bernard of Clairvaux. A representation of the fusion of a soldier and priest
- Hospitallers: Add a description of this organization.
- Druze: A secretive, close-knit community that survived in the mountains of Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. Believed that Hakim was alive and waiting in hiding to return to lead his people to victory
- Sufis: Named fro the wool cloth they wore. They distanced themselves from contestingfactions of the Islamic movement
- Rationalists: Those who believed the Quran was created. Mu'tazaliin
- Traditionalists: Those who believed that the Quran was the pure emanation of God. Sunni
- Abbasids: A ruling caliph family of the Islamic world. Ruled from Baghdad
- Shi'a ali: "Party of Ali"; later became know as the Shi'a
- Banu Qaynuqa: A sectarian Jewish tribe from Medina during Mohammed's occupation.
- Banu Nadir: A sectarian Jewish tribe from Medina during Mohammed's occupation.
- Banu Qurayza: A sectarian Jewish tribe from Medina during Mohammed's occupation.
- Zoroastrian
- Nestorian: Assyrian Christians of Iraq
- Quraysh tribe: The tribe of the Prophet Mohammed's lineage
- League of Nations
- United Nations (UN)
- League of Arab States: Formed in 1945
- Hezbollah: Literally "The Party of God"; an Islamic fundamentalist group based in Lebanon
- Jewish Agency: Supported Jewish activity and culture. Responsible for much of the migration of Jews back to Israel post-World War I
First Sentence edit
There is known history and forgotten history, history that supports our sense of present and history that suggests other pathways.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1: In the Name of the Lord
2: At the Court of the Caliph
3: The Sacrifice of Isaac
4: The Crusades
5: Saladin's Jihad?
6: The Philosopher's Dream
7: The Lord of Two Lands
8: The Tide Begins to Turn
9: Brave New Worlds
10: The Age of Reform
11: Hope and Despair
12: In an Otherwise Turbulent World
Coda: Is Dubai the Future?
Maps
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Glossary edit
- Sharia: The law derived from the Quran
- Ahi al-kitab: The People of the Book
- Salaam alaykum: "Peace be upon you"
- Shalom: "Peace"
- Islam: "Submit"
- Muslim: "One who does" submit
- Jinn: i.e. "Genie"; gods and spirits known to Bedouin tribes
- al-Lat: One of the three gods of the Quraysh tribe before the time of the prophet Mohammed
- al-Uzza: One of the three gods of the Quraysh tribe before the time of the prophet Mohammed
- Manat: One of the three gods of the Quraysh tribe before the time of the prophet Mohammed
- Hijra: The Prophet Mohammed's move form Mecca to Medina c. 622 AD
- The Constitution of Medina: Describe this term.
- Utntna: "Community"
- Kalif rasai Allah: "Successor to the messenger of God"
- Anastasis: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre located in Jerusalem
- Amir al-Mumin: "Commander of the Faithful"
- Ahi al-dhimma: "People of the Pact"
- Dhimmis: The term for someone who is entitled to the protections guaranteed to the People of the Pact
- Monophysitism: A doctrine which stated that Christ had one nature and that the nature was divine. From the Greek meaning "one nature"
- Shi'a Ali: "Party of Ali"
- Diwans: Government bureaucracies
- Bayt al-hikma: "The House of Wisdom"
- Jihad: Holy War
- Iconoclast Controversy: in Christianity, the controversy between followers over the use of images of Christ--whether or not those images established idolatry
- Qadi: A Muslim judge and scholar
- Nagid: Hebrew term for "governor" or "worthy"
- Taifas: Muslim principalities in al-Andalus/Spain
- Word filioque: The idea that the Holy Sprit flowed from both the Father and the Son, and not from God, The Father alone
- Avesta: The Zoroastrian holy text
- Buraq: A magical horse-like creature upon which Mohammed allegedly rode to the Dome of the Rock in honor of Christ's Passion
- Ulama: Legislative body in Islam
- Muezzins: Islamic figures who call the Muslims to daily prayers
- Horns of Hattin: in 1187 a devastating battle fought between the Muslims and the Crusaders. Described as a "labyrinth of barren hills just west of the Sea of Galiliee."
- Third Crusade: Led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip Augustus of France, and Frederick Barbarossa of Germany
- Hadith: Arabic: "traditions"
- Narrative of Persecutions: A characteristic of Jewish writers "to portray diaspora Judaism as a series of tests and trials similiar to the tribulations suffered by the Jews in the Old Testament after the destruction of Solomon's Temple."
- taqiyya: Arabic: "dissimulation" or "diplomacy." In essence, a prudent form of "faking it."
- Ijtihad: Arabic: "the door of interpretation"
- Asabiyya: Arabic: "group cohesion" or "communal spirit"
- Jannissaires: A Muslim fighting force comprised of recruited east European boys who were converted.
- Bektashis: A Sufi order that preserved many Christian rites in their own practice
- Moghuls: A Muslim dynasty that expanded southward through Pakistan and into Northern India
- Mufti: Arabic: "judges"
- Millets: Semi-autonomous religious communities of the Ottoman Empire
- Tanzimat: A collective term used to refer to to series of reforms enacted throughout the Ottoman Empire
- Salaf: Arabic: "elders of the early community of Muslim believers"
- Mandate System
- Husayn-McMahon correspondence
- Sykes-Picot agreement
- Balfour Declaration
- self-determination
- Ba'athism: A form of Arab nationalism
- Mujahideen: Arabic: "Freedom Fighters"
- National Pact: In 1943, a concord that brought temporary peace to Lebanon by establishing representatives of various religions to governing installments.
- Madrassas: Arabic: "schools"
Authors & Contributors edit
- Zachary Karabell (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 201.5
Subjects edit
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Church History
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Islam › History
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Comparative Religion
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Judaism › History of Religion
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › History
- Books › History › Middle East
- Books › History › World
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