TY - BOOK AU - Ansary,Mir Tamim TI - Destiny disrupted: a history of the world through Islamic eyes SN - 9781586488130 AV - DS35.63.A57 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - Islam KW - History KW - Islamic civilization KW - East and West KW - World history KW - Islamic countries KW - Islamic Empire N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-370) and index; 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 ER -