L'Islam au carrefour des civilisations médiévales
Book Description
From the Arabian Peninsula emerges a transformative perspective on medieval history that reshapes our understanding of cultural encounters and spiritual exchange. This scholarly exploration examines how Islam's emergence in sixth-century Arabia created unprecedented dialogues between the world's great civilizations.
Rather than viewing history through the familiar Western lens, this work positions the Arabian Gulf as a central crossroads where East truly met West. Here, the Roman world and Byzantine Empire represented the western frontier, while India, China, and Japan formed the eastern horizon. The authors trace the profound cultural exchanges that followed Islam's expansion, revealing how spiritual and intellectual traditions intersected across vast geographical boundaries.
The narrative unfolds through three compelling dimensions. First, it explores the initial encounters between Muslim forces and established powers, from confrontations with Frankish and Byzantine worlds to dialogues with Chinese, Turkish, and Indian civilizations. The second focus examines the complex relationships during the Crusades, where despite fierce conflicts, mutual respect often developed between opposing warriors. Finally, the work investigates the rich cultural exchanges that transcended military confrontations, including the transmission of Islamic knowledge to the West and the sophisticated understanding of Eastern cultures by Venetian merchants.
Written by medievalists teaching at the Sorbonne in Abu Dhabi, this study offers fresh insights into how diverse spiritual and cultural traditions encountered, influenced, and enriched one another during a pivotal period in human history.
Who Is This For?
📖 Reading Level: Medium (200-400 pages) (~6 hours)
📄 Length: 234 pages
What You'll Discover
- ✓ Explore Civilisation médiévale
- ✓ Explore East and West
- ✓ Explore Christianisme
- ✓ Explore 7e siècle-10e siècle
- ✓ Explore [études diverses]
- ✓ Explore Islamic civilization
- ✓ Explore Congrès
- ✓ Explore Islam
