Islamic civilization in thirty lives : the first 1,000 years / Chase F. Robinson.

The religious thinkers, political leaders, law-makers, writers and philosophers of the early Muslim world helped to shape the 1,400-year-long development of today's second-largest world religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives, and the ways in which they influenced th...

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Main Author: Robinson, Chase F. (Author)
Other title:Islamic civilization in 30 lives.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2016.
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