The Venture of Islam
by Marshall G. S. Hodgson · Marshall Hodgson
Volume one of Hodgson's three-part history, covering Islamic civilization from its origins to the tenth century. Introduces his Islamicate framework and treats the region as a single hemispheric world, demanding patience with dense conceptual vocabulary.
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