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Author : Stephen P. Blake
Release : 2012
Genre : Astronomy
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 241/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Time in Early Modern Islam by : Stephen P. Blake
Download or read book Time in Early Modern Islam written by Stephen P. Blake. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Blake compares the Islamic concept of time across the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans and Mughals.
Author : Stephen P. Blake
Release : 2013-02-11
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 320/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Time in Early Modern Islam by : Stephen P. Blake
Download or read book Time in Early Modern Islam written by Stephen P. Blake. This book was released on 2013-02-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, it was the Muslim astronomers of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires who were responsible for the major advances in mathematics, astronomy and astrology. This fascinating study compares the Islamic concept of time, and its historical and cultural significance, across these three great empires. Each empire, while mindful of earlier models, created a new temporal system, fashioning a new solar calendar and era and a new round of rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. This book contributes to our understanding of the Muslim temporal system and our appreciation of the influence of Islamic science on the Western world.
Author : Stephen P. Blake
Release : 2013-02-11
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 234/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Time in Early Modern Islam by : Stephen P. Blake
Download or read book Time in Early Modern Islam written by Stephen P. Blake. This book was released on 2013-02-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Blake compares the Islamic concept of time across the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans, and Mughals. Each empire, while mindful of earlier models, created a new temporal system, fashioning a new solar calendar and era and a new round of rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. The book not only contributes to our understanding of the origins and transformation of the Muslim temporal system but also explains the impact of Islamic science on the West.
Author : Tijana Krstic
Release : 2011-05-13
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 173/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Contested Conversions to Islam by : Tijana Krstic
Download or read book Contested Conversions to Islam written by Tijana Krstic. This book was released on 2011-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the role of conversion to Islam in the emergence of the Ottoman Empire, its imperial ideology and Sunni identity, and its relationship with its Muslim and non-Muslim subjects, in the context of the early modern Mediterranean.
Author : M. Frassetto
Release : 1999-12-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 672/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe by : M. Frassetto
Download or read book Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe written by M. Frassetto. This book was released on 1999-12-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe considers the various attitudes of European religious and secular writers towards Islam during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Examining works from England, France, Italy, the Holy Lands, and Spain, the essays in this volume explore the reactions of Westerners to the culture and religion of Islam. Many of the works studied reveal the hostility toward Islam of Europeans and the creation of negative stereotypes of Muslims by Western writers. These essays also reveal attempts at accommodation and understanding that stand in contrast to the prevailing hostility that existed then and, in some ways, exists still today.
