Merchants And Faith: Muslim Commerce And Culture In The Indian Ocean / Edition 1

by Patricia A Risso

Overview

‘This book with its felicitous title brings together with great skill and sensitivity a large amount of current historical scholarship on the trade and civilization of the Indian Ocean during the Islamic centuries. It will be welcomed by both students and teachers as a fine introduction to a complex subject.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813389110
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	04/10/1995
Series:	New Perspectives on Asian History Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1490L (what's this?)

About the Author

Patricia Risso is associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico.

Table of Contents

"List of Maps — Acknowledgments and Transcription Note – Introduction — 2 Muslim Expansion in Asia, Seventh Through Twelfth Centuries — 3 Merchants of Faith in the Middle Era, Circa 1050—1500 — 4 The Conduct of Asian Muslim Trade, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries — 5 Maritime Competition, Circa 1500—1860 – 6 Interpretations of the Muslim Era In the Indian Ocean – Notes – Bibliography – About the Book and Author – Index."