The Cases: The Islamic middle centuries
Forty-one cases open the chapters of the book, from the story of Talut and Goliath to the race for artificial intelligence. Each has its chapter and its lesson. In the book a story is a way into understanding, not a conclusive proof of it.
By eraAllAntiquity and the QuranThe Islamic middle centuriesEarly modern to 19th centuryThe 20th centuryThe 21st century
By arenaAllThe battlefieldLiberation from occupationPower and statesPopular uprisingsJustice and witnessKnowledge and mediaCivil societyIdeas and values
3 cases
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The conquest of al-Andalus
When collapse within comes before the entry from without
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The Mongol invasion
When the outside finishes what the inside exhausted
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The rise of the Ottomans
When the small fills the vacuum left by the great