Islamic Empires
Autor Justin Marozzien Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 apr 2021
Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivalled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity and forward-looking thinking.
Islamic Empiresis a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over fifteen centuries, from the beginnings of Islam in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first.
It dwells on the most remarkable dynasties ever to lead the Muslim world - the Abbasids of Baghdad, the Umayyads of Damascus and Cordoba, the Merinids of Fez, the Ottomans of Istanbul, the Mughals of India and the Safavids of Isfahan - and some of the most charismatic leaders in Muslim history, from Saladin in Cairo and mighty Tamerlane of Samarkand to the poet-prince Babur in his mountain kingdom of Kabul and the irrepressible Maktoum dynasty of Dubai. It focuses on these fifteen cities at some of the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781643136936
ISBN-10: 1643136933
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 138 x 207 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Pegasusbooks
ISBN-10: 1643136933
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 138 x 207 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Pegasusbooks
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Notă biografică
Justin
Marozzihas
spent
most
of
his
professional
life
living
and
working
in
the
Muslim
world,
with
long
assignments
in
Iraq,
Libya,
Afghanistan,
Pakistan,
Egypt,
Morocco,
Tunisia,
Syria,
Lebanon
and
Somalia.
He
is
a
former
Trustee
of
the
Royal
Geographical
Society
and
a
Senior
Research
Fellow
in
Journalism
and
the
Popular
Understanding
of
History
at
Buckingham
University.
His
previous
books
includeSouth
from
Barbary:
Along
the
Slave
Routes
of
the
Libyan
Sahara(2001),
the
bestsellingTamerlane:
Sword
of
Islam,
Conqueror
of
the
World(2004)
andThe
Man
Who
Invented
History:
Travels
with
Herodotus(2008).
His
last
book,Baghdad:
City
of
Peace,
City
of
Blood(2014)
won
the
Royal
Society
of
Literature's
Ondaatje
Prize
and
was
praised
by
the
judges
as
'a
truly
monumental
achievement'.
Recenzii
Marozzi
isan
outstanding
guideto
the
urban
centres
he
expounds
on,
partly
because
of
his
deep
understanding
and
love
for
the
peoples
and
places
he
writes
about.
.
.
.
The
succession
ofdelightful
pen
portraitsof
rulers,
as
well
as
writers,
artists
and
scholars,
makes
fora
riveting
read.
This
isa
fine
book
that
helps
recentre
our
understanding
of
the
pastby
focusing
on
cities
about
which
little
is
known
in
Europe,
in
spite
of
their
enduring
importance
and
the
role
they
have
played
in
history.
It
isa
compelling
and
personal
account
by
an
author
who
knows,
cares
and
has
thought
deeply
about
his
subject
matter.
It
is
a
new
Hudud
al-Alam,
the
famous
10th-century
Persian
geography
book,
for
the
21st
century
-informing,
revealing
and
delighting
in
some
of
the
parts
of
the
world
that
everyone
should
know
about.
Thisimpressively clever, careful, and often beautifulbook is the best sort of journey. . . Our guide is never predictable, continuallyfascinating, and hiselegantwriting makes for a very comfortable ride.
Islamic Empiresis a seeminglyboundless trove of intellectual, architectural, and actual treasures... Marozzi writescolourful, narrative history of the finest kind: pacey, crimson, and with all the references left until the end.
Deeply engaging and fascinating
It is refreshing to read a book on Islam by someone whocombines profound erudition with emotional intelligence and empathy. . . . Acontinuously readablenarrative . . . For each of the cities included there is a well-rounded chapter, with anilluminatinghistory, aperceptiveanalysis of personalities and politics, and afair-mindedassessment of its intellectual, artistic and architectural achievements.
The approach is perfect [and] thebalance between telling detail and telling story is spot on. With its fine drawing and mass of minute detail, reading the book is more like poring over the framed miniatures in a manuscript: here a Moghul lolls by a pool, there a Timurid rampages across the page. The prose, too, isbeautifully paced, sprightlybut never tiring. Andthe city portraits build up into a panorama of Islamic civilisation as full as any history, and far more entertaining.
Superbly crafted... Marozzi knows the ground intimately [and] has constructeda brilliant narrativeby stringing together a necklace of tales from 15 extraordinary cities.
Marozzi'sexpertly craftednarrative ... captures the rich, varied and often complex nature of Islamic civilization by offering glimpses of not just its leaders and their institutions, but also its cultural shifts through history,
Arich mix of historical detail, colourful description and first-hand insights. Marozzi's style mixes historical insight with the descriptive flow of a seasoned traveller.
Magnificence and ruination go hand in hand in this vivid tale.
In telling the stories of 15 of the great Islamic cities, from Mecca in the seventh century via Samarkand in the 14th to Doha in the 21st, [Marozzi] ... vividly recounts the dynasties that made them centres of art, commerce, science and spirituality.
This is a complex yet accessible book that manages, in a gentle way, to address the prejudiced misconceptions of our world.
Justin Marozzi has ridden camels across the Sahara, writtenilluminatingaccounts of Herodotus, Tamerlane and Baghdad and advised the governments of Somalia, Libya and Iraq. InIslamic Empires, comprising 15 pocket portraits of cities of the Muslimworld at a crunch point in their history, he gives usa vivid, candid and entertaining immersion into a complex subject
Marozzi is an accomplished and ambitious writer...Islamic Empires[is]a sweeping, vibrant and often irrepressible account of the cities most emblematic of Islam... the charm of this book lies in the fact that it is so obviously the adult sublimation of a boyhood passion for the lands and history of Islam...Like an erudite magpie, he gathers material from every available source-primary texts, both religious and historical, as well as a profusion of secondary ones-and weaves it all together with dexterity.
IslamicEmpiresencompasses abreathtaking panoramaof human, religious, military and architectural activity and achievement, as well as destruction and decline...The author's achievement is to mix travel writing, history and journalism, and present it in prose that is at once flowing, engaging, enlightening and incisive. His ability to transport us on a magic carpet from the depths of the 7thcentury to the present day and everywhere in between, and to capture key moments and shifts in culture and politics, threatens to render other more conventional approaches obsolete.
Thisimpressively clever, careful, and often beautifulbook is the best sort of journey. . . Our guide is never predictable, continuallyfascinating, and hiselegantwriting makes for a very comfortable ride.
Islamic Empiresis a seeminglyboundless trove of intellectual, architectural, and actual treasures... Marozzi writescolourful, narrative history of the finest kind: pacey, crimson, and with all the references left until the end.
Deeply engaging and fascinating
It is refreshing to read a book on Islam by someone whocombines profound erudition with emotional intelligence and empathy. . . . Acontinuously readablenarrative . . . For each of the cities included there is a well-rounded chapter, with anilluminatinghistory, aperceptiveanalysis of personalities and politics, and afair-mindedassessment of its intellectual, artistic and architectural achievements.
The approach is perfect [and] thebalance between telling detail and telling story is spot on. With its fine drawing and mass of minute detail, reading the book is more like poring over the framed miniatures in a manuscript: here a Moghul lolls by a pool, there a Timurid rampages across the page. The prose, too, isbeautifully paced, sprightlybut never tiring. Andthe city portraits build up into a panorama of Islamic civilisation as full as any history, and far more entertaining.
Superbly crafted... Marozzi knows the ground intimately [and] has constructeda brilliant narrativeby stringing together a necklace of tales from 15 extraordinary cities.
Marozzi'sexpertly craftednarrative ... captures the rich, varied and often complex nature of Islamic civilization by offering glimpses of not just its leaders and their institutions, but also its cultural shifts through history,
Arich mix of historical detail, colourful description and first-hand insights. Marozzi's style mixes historical insight with the descriptive flow of a seasoned traveller.
Magnificence and ruination go hand in hand in this vivid tale.
In telling the stories of 15 of the great Islamic cities, from Mecca in the seventh century via Samarkand in the 14th to Doha in the 21st, [Marozzi] ... vividly recounts the dynasties that made them centres of art, commerce, science and spirituality.
This is a complex yet accessible book that manages, in a gentle way, to address the prejudiced misconceptions of our world.
Justin Marozzi has ridden camels across the Sahara, writtenilluminatingaccounts of Herodotus, Tamerlane and Baghdad and advised the governments of Somalia, Libya and Iraq. InIslamic Empires, comprising 15 pocket portraits of cities of the Muslimworld at a crunch point in their history, he gives usa vivid, candid and entertaining immersion into a complex subject
Marozzi is an accomplished and ambitious writer...Islamic Empires[is]a sweeping, vibrant and often irrepressible account of the cities most emblematic of Islam... the charm of this book lies in the fact that it is so obviously the adult sublimation of a boyhood passion for the lands and history of Islam...Like an erudite magpie, he gathers material from every available source-primary texts, both religious and historical, as well as a profusion of secondary ones-and weaves it all together with dexterity.
IslamicEmpiresencompasses abreathtaking panoramaof human, religious, military and architectural activity and achievement, as well as destruction and decline...The author's achievement is to mix travel writing, history and journalism, and present it in prose that is at once flowing, engaging, enlightening and incisive. His ability to transport us on a magic carpet from the depths of the 7thcentury to the present day and everywhere in between, and to capture key moments and shifts in culture and politics, threatens to render other more conventional approaches obsolete.