Alexandra edited the table of contents of Islam Monday, April 2, 2012.
List of Maps
Preface
Chronology
1. Beginnings
- The Prophet (570-632)
- THe Rashidun (632-661)
- The First Fitnah
2. Development
- The Umayyads and the Second Fitnah
- The Religious Movement
- The Last Years of the Umayyads (705-750)
- The Abbasids: The High Caliphal Period (750-935)
- The Esoteric Movements
3. Culmination
- A New Order (935-1258)
- The Crusades
- Expansion
- The Mongols (1220-1500)
4. Islam Triumphant
- Imperial Islam (1500-1700)
- The Safavid Empire
- The Moghul Empire
- The Ottoman Empire
5. Islam Agonistes
- The Arrival of the West (1750-2000)
- What is a Modern Muslim State?
- Fundamentalism
- Muslims in a Minority
- The Way Forward
- Postcript
Key Figures in the History of Islam
Glossary of Islamic Terms
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index