240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical evolution during the Middle Ages, and will help the non-Orientalist to understand something of the relationship between Islam and Christendom in those centuries.

    Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; epilogue;

    Biography

    Saunders, John Joseph

    `The author's approach is thoughtful and judicious, his style succinct and pleasant to read.' - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society