The Great Caliphs
The Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire
by Amira K. Bennison
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- Format: hardcover, 256 pages
- Genres: history, islam, medieval, religion
- First published: January 1, 2009
- Release date: September 22, 2009
- Author: Amira K. Bennison
- ISBN: 9780300152272 (0300152272)
- Language: english
- Publisher: Yale University Press
About The Book
In this accessibly written history, Amira K. Bennison contradicts the common assumption that Islam somehow interrupted the smooth flow of Western civilization from its Graeco-Roman origins to its more recent European and American manifestations. Instead, she places Islamic civilization in the longer trajectory of Mediterranean civilizations and sees the âAbbasid Empire (750 â 1258 CE) as the inheritor and interpreter of Graeco-Roman traditions.
At its zenith the âAbbasid caliphate stretched over the entire Middle East and part of North Africa, and influenced Islamic regimes as far west as Spain. Bennisonâs examination of the politics, society, and culture of the âAbbasid period presents a picture of a society that nurtured many of the âcivilizedâ values that Western civilization claims to represent, albeit in different premodern forms: from urban planning and international trade networks to religious pluralism and academic research. Bennisonâs argument counters the common Western view of Muslim culture as alien and offers a new perspective on the relationship between Western and Islamic cultures.
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