TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ansary,Mir Tamim
TI  - Destiny disrupted: a history of the world through Islamic eyes 
SN  - 9781586486068 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Islam
KW  - civilization
KW  - history
KW  - East-West relations
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Europe
KW  - North Africa
KW  - Southeast Asia
N1  - SIP1506; Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-370) and index; The middle world -- The hijra -- Birth of the khalifate -- Schism -- Empire of the Umayyads -- The Abassid age -- Scholars, philosophers, and sufis -- Enter the Turks -- Havoc -- Rebirth -- Meanwhile in Europe -- West comes East -- The reform movements -- Industry, constitutions, and nationalism -- Rise of the secular modernists -- The crisis of modernity -- The tide turns
ER  -