Islamic Civilization
One of the most impressive and extensive (in time and in space) civilizations humans have produced (some would say inspired by God) is the awesome civilization of Islam. This section currently offers a brief introduction and precis of volumes 1-34 of the English translation of at Tabari, a review of Lunde and Stone's translation of the Abbasid portions of al-Mas'udi, a summary of volume one of the English translation of Ibn Khaldun, a review of Dr. Khalifa Abdul Hakim's ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY and brief summaries of Albert Hourani's A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES, of The Islamic Propagation Organization's ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF IRAN and David Fromkin's A Peace to End All Peace. This was last updated on March 27, 2007 C.E. with the addition of the review of Lunde and Stone's translation of al-Mas'udi's Abbasid portions. In the weeks and months ahead additional reviews and summaries of significant Islamic material will hopefully help many from various human backgrounds better appreciate this often poorly understood integral component of humanity.
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1.
al-Mas'udi review of the translation of the Abbasid portions of al Mas'udi's
Meadows of Gold.
2.
Islamic Ideology review of Dr Khalifa Abdul Hakim's lucid volume.
3.
Ibn Khaldun Introductions summary of translator's and Ibn Khaldun's introductions to the Muqaddimah and of Ibn Khaldun's first book.
4.
Ibn Khaldun Book Two brief summary of Ibn Khaldun's second and third books.
5.
A History of the Arab Peoples a brief summary of Albert Hourani's awesome
survey of this extensive topic.
6.
Islamic Revolution of Iran A brief summary of this key text presenting that process from an Iranian perspective.
7.
A Peace to End All Peace A brief summary of this dense and fascinating study of Western activities in 1914-1922 so predominant in creating the modern Middle East.
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