Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
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A six-volume print work now conveniently offered digitally, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World is a major revision and massive expansion of the 1995 Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.
In addition to covering Islamic societies in the modern world from the eighteenth century to the present, asModern Islamic World did, it adds a depth of historical background going back to the pre- Islamic era. It also covers the full geographical extent of Islam by focusing not only on the countries in which Islam is dominant, but also on regions in which Muslims live as minorities, such as Europe and the Americas. As with the original Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, the articles take a broad, comparative, and multidisciplinary approach in dealing with issues that span across a multitude of countries and centuries.
And, with nearly 300 images and 40 maps, the Encyclopedia is visually stunning.
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- 500 A.D.-present
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- Full text
Frequency of Updates:
- Varies
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