Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair

Broschiertes Buch

Islam

A Thousand Years of Faith and Power

Beschreibung

An examination of the rise of Islam, the life of Muhammad, and the Islamic principles of faith. Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair describe the golden age of the Abbasids, the Mongol invasions, and the great Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires that emerged in their wake.

Autor

Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair are the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professors of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College. They have written or contributed to many books on the history of Islamic art and architecture and recently served as principal consultants for Gardner Films' acclaimed PBS documentary, Islam: Empire of Faith, for which this book was the companion volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 126mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780300094220
• ISBN-10: 0300094221
• Artikelnr.: 22007644