![]() ![]() "In Destiny Disrupted, Ansary tells the rich story of world history as it looks from that other perspective. ![]() As a young history buff growing up in Muslim Afghanistan, Tamim Ansary absorbed this narrative but also knew that it sidelined an entire civilization, one that had seen itself at the center of the global narrative for over a thousand years." "We in the West share a common narrative of world history: It runs from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, through Greece and Rome, through the rise of Christianity and the Dark Ages, through the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, to industrialism, the secular state, and the triumph of democracy. The middle world - The hijra - Birth of the khalifate - The schism - Empire of the Umayyads - The Abassid age - Scholars, philosophers, and sufis - Enter the Turks - Havoc - Rebirth - Meanwhile in Europe - West comes East - The reform movements - Industry, constitutions, and nationalism - Rise of the secular modernists - The crisis of modernity - The tide turns. Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-370) and index. Burris Collection - 3rd FloorÄestiny disrupted : a history of the world through Islamic eyes / Tamim Ansary. ![]()
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