{"product_id":"the-venture-of-islam-volume-2-the-expansion-of-islam-in-the-middle-periods","title":"The Venture of Islam, Volume 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003eThe Venture of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003e 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 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003eIn the second work of this three-volume set, Hodgson investigates the establishment of an international Islamic civilization through about 1500. This includes a theoretical discussion of cultural patterning in the Islamic world and the Occident.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003eAuthor: Marshall Hodgson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;\"\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32705405761,"sku":"9780226346847","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/products\/i-3GRXz3J-XL.png?v=1492574840","url":"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/products\/the-venture-of-islam-volume-2-the-expansion-of-islam-in-the-middle-periods","provider":"Zaytuna College Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}