{"product_id":"book-gxse","title":"In Our Time: 25 Journeys Through the History of the Islamic World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of the Islamic world through its religion, thinkers, poetry, empire and rulers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'An ever-growing library of wisdom'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1998, \u003ci\u003eIn Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e has been the go-to radio programme for knowledge seekers and inquiring minds. Tackling big topics with a light touch, it has introduced weekly audiences of over 2 million to subjects ranging from Romulus and Remus to the Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis special themed collection provides a focussed, wide-ranging introduction to 25 of the ideas and events that shaped the Islamic world, highlighting the numerous connections between Islamdom and the West throughout history. We learn the origins of Sharia law, and how prophets became important to Islam, Judaism and Christianity alike; discover how the Translation Movement introduced the Arabic world to Greek philosophy, medicine, engineering and maths; and find out how settlers and invaders from both East and West transformed and refashioned the civilisations they touched, from the Arab Conquest, Muslim Spain and the Volga Vikings to the Third Crusade and the Siege of Vienna.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, too, are key scholars and writers, among them al-Kindi, the first significant thinker to reconcile philosophy and Islam; Averroes, who worked to integrate Islamic theology with the rationality of Aristotle; Maimonides, a titan of Jewish intellectual history who was much influenced by the Islamic world; and Rumi, the Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose work transcends borders of time, faith, language and geography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHosted by Melvyn Bragg with a panel of experts including Mona Siddiqui, Jim Al-Khalili, Tariq Ali and Amira Bennison, these enlightening, accessible discussions will illuminate, inspire and surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented by Melvyn Bragg\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Thomas Morris, Simon Tillotson, Victoria Brignell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart I: Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIslamic Law and its Origins \u003c\/i\u003e 5 May 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunni and Shia Islam \u003c\/i\u003e 25 June 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProphecy \u003c\/i\u003e 13 June 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart II: History of Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaths in the Early Islamic World \u003c\/i\u003e 16 February 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Translation Movement \u003c\/i\u003e 2 October 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl-Kindi \u003c\/i\u003e 28 June 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eal-Biruni \u003c\/i\u003e 10 June 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvicenna \u003c\/i\u003e 8 November 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl-Ghazali \u003c\/i\u003e 19 March 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAverroes \u003c\/i\u003e 5 October 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaimonides \u003c\/i\u003e 17 February 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIbn Khaldun \u003c\/i\u003e 4 February 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart III: Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntarah ibn Shaddad \u003c\/i\u003e 28 February 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRumi's Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e 11 February 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart IV: Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sassanid Empire \u003c\/i\u003e 13 December 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arab Conquests \u003c\/i\u003e 26 June 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuslim Spain \u003c\/i\u003e 21 November 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Tours \u003c\/i\u003e 16 January 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Volga Vikings \u003c\/i\u003e 11 November 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Almoravid Empire \u003c\/i\u003e 3 May 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThird Crusade \u003c\/i\u003e 29 November 2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Siege of Vienna \u003c\/i\u003e 14 May 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart V: Rulers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Abbasid Caliphs \u003c\/i\u003e 2 February 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mamluks \u003c\/i\u003e 26 September 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Safavid Dynasty \u003c\/i\u003e 12 January 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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