Book presentationA History of the Muslim World: From Its Origin to the Dawn of Modernitywith Michael Cook
30 October 2024
Photo: Michael Cook
Save the date for the online book talk with Michael Cook organized by the RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies -Islam on October 30, 2024, from 17:00 to 19:00.
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origin to the Dawn of Modernity by Michael Cook (Princeton University)
After setting the scene in the Middle East of late antiquity, the book depicts the rise of Islam as one of the great black swan events of history. It continues with the spectacular rise of the Caliphate, an empire that by the time it broke up had nurtured the formation of a new civilization. It then goes on to cover the diverse histories of all the major regions of the Muslim world, providing a wide-ranging account of the key military, political, and cultural developments that accompanied the eastward and westward spread of Islam from the Middle East to the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific.