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tamargabrielle's review against another edition
4.0
A good introduction into Islamic civilization from the start. It discusses relevant figures throughout the years, somewhat short but easy to follow. It gave a nice overview. At times it was a little bit dry, but I'd say that's also due to my concentration span and not just the writing.
zaratyb's review against another edition
Had to DNF. Many things weren’t that accurate.
caesarbach's review against another edition
4.0
It's hard to find a good survey of "Islamic" history (even that term has so many layers to it and potential pitfalls within it), and I feel like Robinson produced a pretty accessible, solid introduction to the history of Islamic empires up until the early modern period. When teaching Middle East history courses, or History of the Islamic[ate] world sources, it's always dicey finding a textbook but this is a solid option that I'd use again, since it demonstrates history through the exploration of different personages without endorsing a Great Man Theory of history. The images and paper are top notch quality as well - beautiful selection of manuscripts and miniatures that he included.