TY - BOOK AU - Savory,Roger TI - Introduction to Islamic civilisation /edited by R.M. Savory SN - 9780521207775 AV - DS36 .I587 1976 PY - 1976/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Islamic civilization N1 - 1 (pages 195-197) and index; Introduction to the Middle East; G.M. Wickens --; The historical background of Islamic civilisation; C.E. Bosworth --; Islamic faith; Charles J. Adams --; God and his creation : two medieval Islamic views; Michael E. Marmura --; Law and traditional society; R.M. Savory --; Arabic literature : a living heritage; Ella Marmura --; Persian literature : an affirmation of identity; G.M. Wickens --; Turkish literature through the ages; Eleazar Birnbaum --; Islamic art : variations on themes of arabesque; R. Sandler --; The Middle East as world centre of science and medicine ; What the West borrowed from the Middle East; G.M. Wickens --; Christendom vs. Islam : 14 centuries of interaction and co-existence; R.M. Savory --; The changing concept of the individual; R. Sandler --; The modern Arab world; L.M. Kenny --; Tribalism and modern society : Iraq, a case study; Albertine Jwaideh --; Iran; W. Millward --; Turkey : from cosmopolitan empire to nation state; Eleazar Birnbaum --; Khatimah; G. Wickens; 2 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/74025662.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/74025662.html ER -