What Is the Relationship Between Islam and the Muslim Empires?

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The fall of the timorid order gave rise to the post timorate order, which was comprised of at least three great houses. What connected them, however, wasn't islam but a particular sovereignty model. They were different from other islamic polities and s that had existed previously. It's not just, it's not enough to say, al these are islamic empires. This is why they acted in this particular way.

Ayşe Zarakol on her book Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders. How centuries of Asian empires from Genghis Khan to Timur and the early Ming Dynasty through the Ottomans and Mughals built dominant world orders and, ultimately, shaped the rise of Europe—and how that all might shape how we think about the crisis in the world order today. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out phenomenalworld.org