In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow’s control over the river. This conquest provided a direct trade route with the Middle East and would transform Muscovy into a global power. As M...(展开全部)

The Russian decision to mobilize in July 1914 may have been the single most catastrophic choice of the modern era. Some articulate, thoughtful figures around the Tsar understood Russia's fragility, and yet they were shouted down by those who were convinced that, despite Germany's patent military superiority, Russian greatness required decisive action. Russia's rulers thought th...(展开全部)

The Russian decision to mobilize in July 1914 may have been the single most catastrophic choice of the modern era. Some articulate, thoughtful figures around the Tsar understood Russia's fragility, and yet they were shouted down by those who were convinced that, despite Germany's patent military superiority, Russian greatness required decisive action. Russia's rulers thought th...(展开全部)

In the 1700s, Kazan Tatar (Muslim scholars of Kazan) and scholarly networks stood at the forefront of Russia's expansion into the South Urals, western Siberia, and the Kazakh steppe. It was there that the Tatars worked with Russian agents, established settlements, and spread their own religious and intellectual cuture that helped shaped their identity in the 19th and early 20th...(展开全部)

Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, The Elusive Embrace is a profound exploration of the mysteries of identity.It is also a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate ...(展开全部)

In just over a hundred years—from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750—the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far afield as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in China. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 羅伯特‧霍伊蘭 ( Robert G. Hoyland ) 羅伯特‧霍伊蘭是位歷史學者，專門研究中東地區中世紀的歷史。他是知名歷史學家派翠西亞‧克隆博士（Patricia Crone）的學生，曾經在英國牛津大學彭布羅克學院取得萊弗爾梅信託基金會的研究學者身分（Leverhulme Fellow）。他目前任教於美國紐約大學古代世界研究所，教授古典時代晚期和伊斯蘭早期的中東歷史。在此之前，他曾經擔任過英國牛津大學東方研究所教授，教授伊斯蘭歷史，也曾在英國蘇格蘭東海岸古鎮聖安德魯斯公立大學（University of St. Andrews）擔任歷史教授，還曾經在加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）教授歷史。 霍伊蘭的研究興趣在於下列幾個重點： 1.有關在現代以前，居住在中東地區的穆斯林、猶太人和基督徒三者之間的關係； 2.在伊斯蘭興起之前和伊斯蘭興起...(展开全部)

In just over a hundred years—from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750—the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far afield as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in China. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its ...(展开全部)

When precisely did the ideas, symbols and metaphors of patriarchy take hold of Western civilization? When were women, so central to the creation of society, moved on to the sidelines? Where is the evidence to support the notion that male dominance over women is a natural state of things? Gerda Lerner's radical review of Western civilization shows that male dominance over women ...(展开全部)

From “the great storyteller of Russian history” (Financial Times), a brilliantly colored account of the myths that have shaped and reshaped Russia’s identity and politics from its founding Who were the Rus, the ancient tribe from which the Russians trace their origins? Were they Baltic Slavs, hailing from within the territory that would become Russia? Or were they Vikings from ...(展开全部)