Islam

Edited by John L. Esposito.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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A collection of fifteen general essays dealing with topics such as art and architecture, science, medicine and technology, Islam in Africa to 1800, and the globalization of Islam.

Edited by Francis Robinson.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Eight broad essays covering historical periods, Muslim economics, society, learning, and art. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the interaction between Islam and the West.

Edited by Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar.
New York: Grove Press, 2003.
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A broad range of selected texts relating to the history of the Islamic Middle East, ranging from early Muslim scholarship to the Taliban and speeches by George W. Bush.

This massive database of primary and secondary source material on the Islamic world is a subsidiary of the larger Internet History Sourcebook project.

By Frank Clements.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
This work has entries for organizations as well as countries, movements, and key figures in the Arab and Islamic world. A list of abbreviations and acronyms and a chronology of events make the entries easier to follow.

Malise Ruthven with Azim Nanji.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Detailed maps showing the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and parts of Europe, as they have gone through historical changes associated with Islam. Includes maps of important cities.

By Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
In addition to surveying the literature on Islamic revival worldwide, this text provides commentary on literature pertaining to important topics such as the role of women in Islam, Islamic economics, and the migration of Muslims to western Europe and North America. Contains a bibliography of materials from 1989 to 1994.