Routledge Revivals

<p>First published in 2006 <i>Medieval Islamic Civilization</i> examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th centuries. This important two-volume work contains over 700 alphabetically arranged entries contributed and signed by international scholars and experts in fields such as Arabic languages Arabic literature architecture history of science Islamic arts Islamic studies Middle Eastern studies Near Eastern studies politics religion Semitic studies theology and more. Entries also explore the importance of interfaith relations and the permeation of persons ideas and objects across geographical and intellectual boundaries between Europe and the Islamic world.<br></p>