An extremely comprehensive and sweeping history of the Islamic world which is a lot to cover especially in a book of this length. As such, people will be inundated with lots of names and events at breakneck speed. If someone is not already vaguely familiar with Islamic history, it can be a bit ...
Comfortable read packed with a good amount of information and a strong perspective from the Muslim world. The book consists of history from the beginning of Islam to the modern day and discusses the societies, cultures, politics and economics that influenced the times. It is written in a historic...
Very readable. Tamim Ansary has a gift for telling history in an extremely relatable, approachable way. He takes the reader through an outline of world history from the viewpoint of the Muslim world, hitting all the major leaders, ideas, movements, and events along the way. The narrative does a l...