TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grunebaum,Gustave E.von
TI  - Classical Islam: a history, 600 A.D. to 1258 A.D. 
SN  - 0202307670
U1  - 297.09 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ  (USA)
PB  - Aldine Transaction
KW  - Islam
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic civilisation
KW  - Middle East—History
KW  - Islamic Empire
N1  - Includes chronological tables, bibliography, index  (202-243)
N2  - This book presents a comprehensive history of the formative centuries of Islam, from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad through the fall of Baghdad in 1258. Von Grunebaum examines how Islam developed not only as a faith but also as a civilization that shaped politics, culture, and intellectual life across a vast geographical span.
Von Grunebaum emphasizes that classical Islam was not static but a dynamic civilization that synthesized diverse influences, creating a distinctive world order that shaped later Islamic and global history
ER  -