Historical Atlas of Islam

The historical processes active in each separate theater of action are indicated, from the birth of Mohammad through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Over the course of its history, Islam has experience checks and reversals, as in Spain and Eastern Europe, temporarily during the Crusades, and then later during the period of European colonial rule. Yet Islam remains an active and still-spreading phenomenon whose influence in different parts of the world is profound, and, to many non-Muslims, mysterious and little understood.

With its 180 maps, 200 illustrations, and carefully prepared text, this book brings clarity and understanding to a religious and cultural force of great contemporary significance.