Ansary, Mir Tamim. <br/><br/>
Destiny disrupted : a history of the world through Islamic eyes / 
Tamim Ansary. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  PublicAffairs,  c2009. 
 - xxii, 390 p. :  maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-370) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781586486068 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam--History.<br/>Islamic civilization--History.<br/>East and West.<br/>World history.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islamic countries--History.<br/>Islamic Empire--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909  / ANS/D