the winds of change stir across the land
” —National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson
“Surrender is a rich and honest book
more danger is on the horizon
and the profession as a whole
Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power Mystery_Gift_Guide the winds of change stirIn its first thousand yearsfrom the revelations to Muhammad in the seventh century to the great Islamic empires of the sixteenthIslamic civilization flourished. While Europeans suffered through the Dark Ages, Muslims in such cities as Jerusalem, Damascus, Alexandria, Fez, Tunis, Cairo, and Baghdad made remarkable advances in philosophy, science, medicine, literature, and art. This engrossing and accessible book explores the first millennium of Islamic