Islamic imperialism : a history/

KARSH Efraim

Islamic imperialism : a history/ Efraim Karsh. - Yale University Press, 2007 - 284 p.

Chronological account of the expansions and contractions of Islamic empires which also critically assesses the various explanations for these evolutions noting how the 'perennial tension between center and periphery' (Hisham Sharabi) prevented any prolonged period of Arab unity since the eighth century CE.

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