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Great Caliphs

The Golden Age of the 'Abbasid Empire

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvAmira K. Bennison,UK) Bennison, Amira K. (Cambridge University

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The flowering of the 'Abbasid caliphate between 750 and 1258 CE is often considered the classical age of Islamic civilization. In the preceding 120 years the Arabs had conquered much of the known world of antiquity and established a vast empire stretching from Spain to China. But was this empire really so very different, as has sometimes been claimed, from what it superseded? The Great Caliphs creatively explores the immense achievements of the 'Abbasid age through the lens of Mediterranean history. When the Umayyad caliphs were replaced by the 'Abbasids in 750, and the Arab capital moved to Baghdad, Iraq quickly became the centre not only of an imperium but also of a culture built on the foundations of the great civilizations of antiquity: Greece, Rome, Byzantium and Persia. Debunking popular misconceptions about the Arab conquests, Amira Bennison shows that, far from seeing themselves as purging the 'occidental' culture of the ancient world with a 'pure' and 'oriental' Islamic doctrine, the 'Abbasids perceived themselves to be as much within the tradition of Mediterranean and Near Eastern empire as any of their predecessors.Like other outsiders who inherited the Roman Empire, the Arabs had as much interest in preserving as in destroying, even while they were challenged by the paganism of the past. Indebted to that past while building creatively on its foundations, the 'Abbasids and their rulers inculcated and nurtured precisely the 'civilized' values which western civilization so often claims to represent.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-07-14
Mått159 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt350 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781848859760

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AcknowledgementsNote on transliterationList of MapsList of FiguresChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 A Stormy Sea: the politics of the ‘Abbasid caliphateThe making of an empireThe Umayyads: Islam’s first caliphal dynastyThe rise of the ‘AbbasidsThe early ‘Abbasid caliphateThe Samarran interludeThe Shi‘i centuryThe Saljuq sultanate and the ‘Sunni revival’The Crusades and the twilight of the caliphateChapter 3 From Baghdad to Cordoba: the cities of classical IslamArab urbanism at the dawn of IslamThe first Muslim townsUmayyad urbanism‘Abbasid imperial cities and their imitatorsProvincial cities in the ‘Abbasid ageChapter 4 Princes and Beggars: life and society in the ‘Abbasid AgePeasants and countryfolkThe people of the cityWomen and childrenThe religious minoritiesBeggars and trickstersChapter 5 The Life Blood of Empire: trade and traders in ‘Abbasid timesRoutes and commoditiesMerchants and pilgrimsTrade facilitiesChapter 6 Baghdad’s ‘Golden Age’: Islam’s scientific renaissanceThe foundations of Islamic learningThe flowering of knowledge under the ‘AbbasidsThe ‘Abbasid translation movementTranslations, translators and scientistsKnowledge and science after the translation movementChapter 7 The ‘Abbasid LegacyBibliography Index

'An engaging synthesis of much recent scholarship on medieval Islamic society and culture which fills a significant gap in a literature dominated by histories of politics and religion.' - Times Literary Supplement; 'Offers a compelling yet nuanced understanding of the civilization of the 'Abbasid Empire. A wonderful book.' - Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History, Queen Mary, University of London; 'Bennison fashions a smooth, expository narrative, drawing back the curtain on medieval Islamic society by a mix of lively anecdotes, illuminating references to modern practices, striking comparisons with the more familiar medieval West, well-judged and pithy generalizations and gobbets of medieval texts that instantly bring long-dead people to life. There really is something here for everyone.' - Robert Hillenbrand writing in The Middle East in London

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