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HUM 175: Arts & Cultures of Islam

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Islamic Art History Online
Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online is a free and open-access online platform of digital resources dedicated to the study of Islamic art, architecture, and visual culture.
Art of the Islamic World - The Met
Learn about art and culture of the Islamic with connections to English language arts, math, science, social studies, world history, and visual arts.

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What is Islam?

Islam

What Is Islam?

Introduction to Islam

Islam: A Short History

Islam: A Brief History

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World

Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam

Pre-Islamic World

Historical Atlas of Islam

Imagining the Arabs: Arab Identity and the Rise of Islam

Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism

Features a chapter on the Rashidun.

A global history of pre-modern Islamic societies

In the Shadow of the Sword: the birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire

The Pre-Islamic Middle East

Mohammed

The Image Debate: figural representation in Islam and across the world

Muhammad: A Prophet for our Time

The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images

The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad

Muhammad, the Prophet (c. 570–11/632)

The Lives of Muhammad

Shiahs and Sunnis

Sunnis and Shi'a : a political history of discord

Medieval Islamic Sectarianism

After the Prophet: the Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is

Art & Architecture

Islamic Art: Past, Present, Future

The Gift Tradition in Islamic Art

Islamic Art and Architecture

Islamic art in context : art, architecture, and the literary world

Islamic Art, Literature, and Culture

Islam

Science & Medicine

Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance

A Visual History of Science and Technology

Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History

Koran

The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy

The Koran: a Very Short Introduction

The Koran Handbook

The Qur'an

The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy

Current Events

An Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century

Islam: global issues, challenges and perspectives of the 21st century

Wahhabism and the Rise of the House of Saud

Women and Gender in Islam

Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia