A major historical study of Islam among the Swahili.

Multidisciplinary examination of the public sphere in “traditional” Muslim society.

The Student Study Guides are important and unique components that are available for each of the books in The Medieval & Early Modern World series. Each of the Student Study ...

Details the history, empires, discoveries, art, peoples, and religions of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East from 600 to 1500 C.E.

Contains essays which span 13 centuries of Islam history. This volume discusses the distinctions between conversion through military conquest and that through social and ...