THE VENTURE OF ISLAM - 3 Volume SET

'The Venture of Islam' has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad (pbuh) to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. Volume 1, The Classical Age of Islam, analyzes the world before Islam, Muhammad (pbuh)'s challenge, and the early Muslim state between 625 and 692 AD. Hodgson then discusses the classical civilization of the High Caliphate. Volume 2, The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods investigates the establishment of an international Islamic civilization, through to about 1,500. This includes a theoretical discussion of cultural patterning in the Islamic world and the Occident. Volume 3, The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times describes the second flowering of Islam: the Safavi, Timuri, and Ottoman empires. It also analyzes the widespread Islamic heritage in today's world.