We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years.InDestiny Disrupted, 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.
Chaper 3. Birth of the Khalifate
Chaper 5. Empire of the Umayyads
Chaper 7. Scholars, Philosophers, and Sufis
Chaper 11. Meanwhile in Europe
Chaper 13. The Reform Movements
Chaper 14. Industry, Constitutions, and Nationalism
Chaper 15. Rise of the Secular Modernists
Chaper 16. The Crisis of Modernity