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Robert Hoyland

Professor of Islamic History at the University of Oxford

2 episodes

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Philosophy Religion Philosophers of history Philosophers of economics Islamic philosophers Theoretical historians Writers about globalization Autobiographers Muslim critics of atheism, Asharis History of the Mediterranean University of al-Qarawiyyin alumni Economists of the medieval Islamic world, Mujaddid History of the Levant

Ibn Khaldun

Melvyn Bragg and guests Robert Hoyland, Robert Irwin and Hugh Kennedy discuss the life and ideas of the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun.

4 February 2010

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Also featuring: Robert Graham Irwin, Hugh N. Kennedy

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Philosophy Philosophers of history Philosophers of economics Islamic philosophers Theoretical historians Writers about globalization Autobiographers University of al-Qarawiyyin alumni Muslim critics of atheism, Asharis Economists of the medieval Islamic world, Mujaddid
The Arab Conquests

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Arab conquests which transformed the Middle East, Persia, North Africa and Southern Europe by helping to spread the new religion of Islam.

26 June 2008

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Also featuring: Hugh N. Kennedy, Amira Bennison

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Religion History of the Mediterranean History of the Levant