Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-Modern Islamic West Asia
A History of the Islamic World, 600–1800 Van Jo Van Steenbergen offers an extensive textbook on the history of the Islamic world region from late antiquity to the beginning of the modern period. This reference work is intended for students and teachers of Islamic history, Middle East studies, and related programs.
Description
The book describes the forms of empire and dynastic formations as well as diverse practices of power within the premodern Islamic world region. Based on fourteen chapters divided into two periods, it presents a holistic and theoretically grounded analysis of the history of Islamic West Asia from about 600 to 1800. Van Steenbergen emphasizes the interconnection between cultural landscapes from the Nile to the Indus and draws on richly illustrated maps and dynastic tables. The work thus provides a nuanced understanding of the complexity of the Islamic world and moves beyond stereotypical portrayals of the past.
This textbook is essential for courses on the Islamic world, premodern history, and religious studies.
Product details
- Author: Jo Van Steenbergen
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: Routledge
- Publication date: 2020-08-12
- Number of pages: 426
- ISBN: 9780415660327
- Topic: Middle Eastern history
- BISAC: HISTORY / Islamic
About the author
Jo Van Steenbergen is a lecturer in Islamic history at Ghent University. He has published several works on medieval Islamic history, including Order Out of Chaos (2006) and Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West Asia (2020).