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100	1		_aGrunebaum, Gustave E. von _q(Gustave Edmund), _d1909-1972.
245	1	0	_aClassical Islam : _ba history, 600 A.D. to 1258 A.D. / _cG.E. von Grunebaum ; translated by katherine watson.
260			_aNew Brunswick, NJ (USA): _bAldine Transaction, _c2005.
300			_a243 p. : _bill., maps ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt
504			_aIncludes chronological tables, bibliography, index (202-243)
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aIslam _xHistory.
650		0	_aIslamic civilisation
650		0	_aMiddle East—History
651		0	_aIslamic Empire _xHistory.
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