Introduction to Islamic civilisation /edited by R.M. Savory. 

 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  (c)1976. 
 - viii, 204 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Introduction to the Middle East  The historical background of Islamic civilisation  Islamic faith  God and his creation : two medieval Islamic views  Law and traditional society  Arabic literature : a living heritage  Persian literature : an affirmation of identity  Turkish literature through the ages  Islamic art : variations on themes of arabesque  The Middle East as world centre of science and medicine ; What the West borrowed from the Middle East  Christendom vs. Islam : 14 centuries of interaction and co-existence  The changing concept of the individual  The modern Arab world  Tribalism and modern society : Iraq, a case study  Iran  Turkey : from cosmopolitan empire to nation state  Khatimah  G.M. Wickens --  C.E. Bosworth --  Charles J. Adams --  Michael E. Marmura --  R.M. Savory --  Ella Marmura --  G.M. Wickens --  Eleazar Birnbaum --  R. Sandler --  G.M. Wickens --  R.M. Savory --  R. Sandler --  L.M. Kenny --  Albertine Jwaideh --  W. Millward --  Eleazar Birnbaum --  G. Wickens. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521207775 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>74025662 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic civilization.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS36  / .I587 1976 DS36