中断的天命 – Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary

塔米姆·安萨里记录了伊斯兰世界对于世界历史的丰富描述——从先知默罕默德时代到奥斯曼帝国的衰落以及其他的内容。他厘清文明是如何在相互砥砺中显著成长以及伊斯兰世界是如何逐渐受到在他们眼里曾经是原始、无序的欧洲的影响，并最终在一定程度上被其改变命运的。

Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other. As Europeans colonized the globe, the two world histories intersected and the Western narrative drove the other one under. The West hardly noticed, but the Islamic world found the encounter profoundly disrupting.

This book reveals the parallel “other” narrative of world history to help us make sense of today’s world conflicts. Ansary traces the history of the Muslim world from pre-Mohammedan days through 9/11, introducing people, events, empires, legends, and religious disputes, both in terms of what happened and how it was understood and interpreted.