The Islamic Empire. 7th-11th century.
Points| N° d'inventaire | 23528 |
| Format | 10 x 18 |
| Détails | 400 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757885482 |
The history of the Islamic Empire, from the death of the Prophet in 632 to the eviction of the Arabs from power structures and the emergence of the Turkish sultanates in the 11th century, including conquests, the establishment of the caliphate, and the rise and fall of the Abbasid, Umayyad, and Fatimid dynasties, is the subject of Gabriel Martinez-Gros. But, to avoid the bias of a Western-viewed history of Islam, the author draws on the sources of medieval Arab historians, including Ibn Khaldûn.
Thus emerges a completely different perception of the Islamic Empire, where dynasties consolidate in the first generation of their existence, reach their flowering in the second, and age and die in the last. This admirable and singular book therefore invites us to a triple reflection: first on the history of medieval Islam, then on imperial dynamics, and finally on the writing of history.
The history of the Islamic Empire, from the death of the Prophet in 632 to the eviction of the Arabs from power structures and the emergence of the Turkish sultanates in the 11th century, including conquests, the establishment of the caliphate, and the rise and fall of the Abbasid, Umayyad, and Fatimid dynasties, is the subject of Gabriel Martinez-Gros. But, to avoid the bias of a Western-viewed history of Islam, the author draws on the sources of medieval Arab historians, including Ibn Khaldûn.
Thus emerges a completely different perception of the Islamic Empire, where dynasties consolidate in the first generation of their existence, reach their flowering in the second, and age and die in the last. This admirable and singular book therefore invites us to a triple reflection: first on the history of medieval Islam, then on imperial dynamics, and finally on the writing of history.