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A history of Islam

From the four caliphs to the Cape: fourteen centuries in eleven lessons.

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  1. The four caliphsThirty years after the Prophet.
  2. Sunni and Shi'aHow the great split began.
  3. Baghdad and the House of WisdomBaghdad and an age of learning.
  4. Islamic art and architectureGeometry, calligraphy and light.
  5. Al-AndalusEight centuries in Spain.
  6. The CrusadesTwo centuries of holy war.
  7. The OttomansThe last great caliphate.
  8. Islam in South AsiaThe Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals.
  9. Islam in AfricaFrom the first refuge to Timbuktu.
  10. Islam in Southeast AsiaThe islands the Cape Muslims came from.
  11. Islam in South AfricaFrom exile at the Cape to today.
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