ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1958, this volume covers important aspects of Islamic history and culture:
- Arabia before the Prophet
- The Prophet
- The Koran and Islam
- The Caliphate
- From the Caliphate to the end of the Ottoman
- The Crusades
- The Maghreb
- Muslim Spain
- The Sharia
- Philosophy
- The Sciences
- Literature
- The Arts
- Problems of the Twentieth Century Arab World