by Hugh Kennedy · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141981406
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«The Caliphate» is the historical essay by Hugh Kennedy, published by Penguin Books in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Historian Hugh Kennedy traces the evolution of the caliphate from the death of Muhammad to the present: its rise as the most powerful political entity in western Eurasia, the splendour of Baghdad and Cairo under the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties, and the reappearance of the caliphal idea in contemporary Islamism, including the so-called Islamic State.
Part of the «A Pelican Introduction» series from Pelican Books. Published on 27 September 2016.
Aimed at readers interested in the history of the Islamic world and the political keys of contemporary Islamism.
