{"product_id":"islamic-empires-the-cities-that-shaped-civilization-from-mecca-to-dubai","title":"Islamic Empires : The Cities that Shaped Civilization: From Mecca to Dubai","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e512 pages | Hardcover\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\n \u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA history of the rich and diverse civilizations over fifteen centuries of Islam seen through its greatest cities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA history of the rich and diverse civilizations over fifteen centuries of Islam seen through its greatest cities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eIslamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent, while Europe cowered feebly at the margins. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivaled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity, and forward-looking thinking, in which nothing was off limits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eIslamic Empires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over the fifteen centuries of Islam, from its earliest beginnings in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMarozzi brilliantly connects the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century, and how this world is continuing to change today.\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SIMON \u0026 SCHUSTER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44457974956169,"sku":"9781643133065","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/389471ae89d54ec6620edd90b46c4be1bd27f357.jpg?v=1757059372","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/islamic-empires-the-cities-that-shaped-civilization-from-mecca-to-dubai","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}