Islamic world - Franks, Crusades, Reconquista

Islamic world

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Introduction
Prehistory (c. 3000 bce–500 ce)
- The rise of agrarian-based citied societies
- Cultural core areas of the settled world
  - The Nile-to-Oxus region
  - The Arabian Peninsula
Formation and orientation (c. 500–634)
- The city of Mecca: centre of trade and religion
  - Mecca under the Quraysh clans
  - New social patterns among the Meccans and their neighbours
- The Prophet Muhammad
  - Muhammad’s years in Mecca
    - Spiritual awakening
    - Public recitations
    - Efforts to reform Meccan society
  - Muhammad’s emigration to Yathrib (Medina)
    - The forging of Muhammad’s community
    - The ummah’s allies and enemies
    - Muhammad’s later recitations
- Islam at Muhammad’s death
- Abū Bakr’s succession
Conversion and crystallization (634–870)
- Social and cultural transformations
- ʿUmar I’s succession
  - The spirit of conquest under ʿUmar I
  - Forging the link of activism with faithfulness
- ʿUthmān’s succession and policies
  - Discontent in ʿUthmān’s reign
  - Intra-Muslim conflicts
- The four fitnahs
  - The first fitnah
  - The second fitnah
  - The emergent Islamic civilization
  - The third fitnah
  - Sunnis and Shīʿites
  - The ʿAbbāsids
  - Sharīʿah
  - The fourth fitnah
Fragmentation and florescence (870–1041)
- The rise of competitive regions
- Andalusia, the Maghrib, and sub-Saharan Africa
- Egypt, Syria, and the holy cities
- Iraq
  - Cultural flowering in Iraq
  - The Būyid dynasty
- Iran, Afghanistan, and India
  - The Sāmānids
  - The Ghaznavids
- The decline of the caliphate and rise of emirates
Migration and renewal (1041–1405)
- Turks
  - Seljuq Turks
  - Policies of Niẓām al-Mulk
  - Ṭarīqah fellowships
- Franks
  - The call for the Crusades
  - Effect of the Crusades in Syria
- Mongols
  - First Mongol incursions
  - Conversion of Mongols to Islam
  - Ascent of the Ottoman Turks
  - Timur’s efforts to restore Mongol power
- Arabs
- Imazighen
  - The Ṣanhājah confederation
  - The Almoravid dynasty
  - The Almohad dynasty
  - Continued spread of Islamic influence
Consolidation and expansion (1405–1683)
- Ottomans
  - Continuation of Ottoman rule
  - Reign of Süleyman I
  - The extent of Ottoman administration
- Ṣafavids
  - Expansion in Iran and beyond
  - Shah ʿAbbās I
  - Decline of central authority
- Indo-Timurids (Mughals)
  - Foundation by Bābur
  - Reign of Akbar
  - Continuation of the empire
- Trans-Saharan Islam
- Indian Ocean Islam
Islamic history from 1683 to the present: reform, dependency, and recovery
- Precolonial reform and experimentation from 1683 to 1818
- The rise of British colonialism to the end of the Ottoman Empire
- The early 20th century to the present
  - Reform and revival in the colonial period
  - Postcolonial states and Islam
  - Islamist movements from the 1960s
  - The mainstreaming of Islamist movements
  - Dimensions of the Islamic revival
  - Islam and globalization: the age of mobility

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