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For many centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement--the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to learn or to fear. And then everything changed, as the previously despised West won victory after victory, first in the battlefield and the marketplace, then in almost every aspect of public and even private life. In this intriguing volume, Bernard Lewis examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tried to understand why things had changed--how they had been overtaken, overshadowed, and to an increasing extent dominated by the West. Lewis provides a fascinating portrait of a culture in turmoil. He shows how the Middle East turned its attention to understanding European weaponry and military tactics, commerce and industry, government and diplomacy, education and culture. Lewis highlights the striking differences between the Western and Middle Eastern cultures from the 18th to the 20th centuries through thought-provoking comparisons
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bernard Lewis
- Publisher
- Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780194342704
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, History, Language Learning
- Rating
- 3.49 / 5 (176 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14