Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by:
Tamim Ansary (author)
We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years.In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time...
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We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years.In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. He clarifies why our civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe—a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganized—had somehow hijacked destiny.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781586488130 (1586488139)
ASIN: 1586488139
Publish date: April 27th 2010
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
War,
Military,
Culture,
Religion,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Spirituality,
World History,
Islam
This is an absolutely fantastic book: an engaging, readable, at times even exciting primer on the history of the Muslim world, and world history as Muslims understand it. The author, a former textbook developer, clearly knows his stuff, but his genius is in the ability to draw many historical elemen...
This is a very worthwhile book to read. I am in the process of educating myself more fully about Islam, the history of the religion, and the impact it is having in our world today. The author, Tamim Ansary, was born in Afghanistan to an Afghan father and American mother. He won a scholarship to a...
This looks interesting. Could be a cool companion read with...y'know, that other book about the Crusades through Arab eyes.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't really like to read non-fiction. Although I find the occasional story of an important event in history interesting, a whole book - 17 hours of dates and facts? I was pleasantly surprised when I picked up Destiny Disrupted. A book about human history from an...
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