Destiny disrupted: a history of the world through Islamic eyes
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New York
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PublicAffairs
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 367 - 370( and index
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Tamim Ansary
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The middle world -- The hijra -- Birth of the khalifate -- The schism -- Empire of the Umayyads -- The Abassid age -- Scholars, philosophers, and sufis -- Enter the Turks -- Havoc -- Rebirth -- Meanwhile in Europe -- West comes East -- The reform movements -- Industry, constitutions, and nationalism -- Rise of the secular modernists -- The crisis of modernity -- The tide turns