Destiny Disrupted

A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilisation whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years. In , 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.

Title: : A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
Author: Tamim Ansary
ISBN-13: 9781586488130
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Recommended Age: Adults & Teens (14 )
Themes: Islamic history, world history, civilizations, East–West relations, culture, politics, historical narrative, identity